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

Just then, the girl in the pink dress stormed over, yelling at me, “Hey, do you even know who he is? How could you. hurt his feelings like that? He went all the way to Hachester just for you.”

Ryan immediately clapped a hand over her mouth and pulled her away.

Seeing this, I chalked it up to young people flirting and bickering. I turned around and flagged down a taxi.

Once I got in the car, I shot Melissa a quick text, telling her to stop looking for Ryan.

Melissa messaged back, asking if I was developing feelings for Ryan since I was so worried about him.

I just saw Ryan as an immature kid, even if he was already twenty–two. He was not my type when it came to dating.

I told Melissa I wasn’t into Ryan at all, but she just called me a coward, saying I was too chicken to go for it.

I could only give a bitter smile. Whether Melissa bought it or not, as a boss, I’d never fall for a subordinate–that was just asking for trouble.

When I got back to the hotel, my phone wouldn’t stop buzzing–Ryan kept calling and blowing up my messages. I just ignored him.

the peephole, on full alert. When I saw it was Ryan, I was baffled. I wondered how he’d found me here. I swung the door

He said, “Sorry for coming by so early

did you even know I was staying here? Were you checking up on me?” I demanded, my anger

me out.

expression turned cold as I stared him down. I said, “If you can use your connections to track me down, then everything you told me before was

replied, “I just wanted to get close to

it dawn on me–Ryan was not some ordinary guy. I asked,

last time were not debt collectors–they were my family’s bodyguards. And Silas is my family’s

to a fortune, yet he played poor in front of

go through all that?” I asked, keeping my cool. He might’ve lied to me, but as

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big deal out of

you. Victoria,

me off