After being reborn, I make up my mind to stop chasing after my husband and daughter

Chapter 224

I remembered Jared promising my parents he wouldn’t see Tracy again. At that thought, I smacked my forehead. I can’t believe I forgot to hit record when I was eavesdropping earlier.

If I’d recorded that conversation, I could’ve used it as hard evidence that Jared and Tracy were still hooking up. I needed to get my act together. Just because Tracy’s baby wasn’t Jared’s didn’t mean they hadn’t been sleeping together.

Saturday rolled around, but I was still buried in work. Some of the office staff came in for overtime, Ryan could’ve taken the day off since he was just an intern, but he showed up bright and early anyway.

“Ms. Murphy, did you have breakfast?” Ryan asked, placing a pastry bag on the corner of my desk. “I brought some bread.”

The milky scent hit me, and I glanced at the bag. “Where did you get these? They smell incredible.”

Ryan’s voice dropped to a whisper. “I… I made them myself.”

I looked at him in surprise. Yvonne was a ridiculously picky eater. I’d taught myself to bake a few things for her, but I could never pull off anything this good.

“No way. You’re what, barely twenty? And you can bake like this?” I shook my head in amazement.

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pleased. “Go ahead, try it. Let me

and took a bite. It was fluffy and light, perfectly sweet. “This is amazing,”

someone called him over to help

around noon. After our huge fight yesterday, I assumed

speak to me. He glanced at the pastries on my desk.

It was so weird. Jared had been finding all

not a real

for

with him made his face twist with anger. “We’re not divorced yet,” he said, his voice bitter. “All these years… Doesn’t that mean anything to you?” He wanted me to think I was the heartless

don’t want to eat. Why are you pushing it?” I said calmly, looking

Jared said. His eyes were bloodshot. He hadn’t gotten

noticed. No point in saying it out loud,” I said, turning my

I expected. He pulled up a chair and sat down next to me. A few minutes later,