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

Jared was really drunk, rambling as he stumbled toward me.

I tried to dodge him, but his tall frame trapped me in the small space by the desk.

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“I’m not drunk,” Jared insisted. “I just keep thinking. You loved me for years. There must’ve been something about me you liked. So why did I lose to him? Victoria, tell me. What do I have to do to win you back?

“This is driving me crazy,” he rambled, looking at me with pained eyes. “I’ve been replaying everything in my head, trying to figure out where I went wrong. Why did you just turn away from me?”

I stared at him, stunned. Jared’s biggest issue was his ego. He believed he had made a mistake somewhere, but there were countless things he never even bothered to try. He could never know if they were right or wrong without making an effort.

“Jared, stop making a scene. People can see us out there,” I said, hoping he would get a grip, especially as the boss.

But Jared was too wrapped up in his own thoughts, ignoring everything around him. He was obsessed with finding out why I stopped loving him.

“Why am I not better than him?” Jared demanded, staring at me. “Tell me.”

have so many shortcomings, and I don’t even know where

he was clearly taken

still holding a grudge, still trying to

wanted to mess around with someone,

lunged at me, as if he were about to fall over, and without

forehead slammed into him, pain shooting through me. I fought back, yelling, “Jared, you jerk. Let go of

like a shameless punk. He just squeezed me tighter, pulling me even closer, like he

he owned me, I was going to make sure he saw just how heartless I could be. As I struggled, I couldn’t help but worry that people outside might be

of the corner of my eye, I saw someone familiar walking through the door. It was Nathan, holding a small bouquet of

lurched, and I fought even harder, but

window, He stopped dead in his tracks, staring

angry that I couldn’t think straight. In a burst of frustration, I bit

finally snapped him out of it. He loosened his grip, stepped back, and stared at the fresh

hadn’t held back, so he must’ve been in pain. I hoved him away and glanced toward the door,

me,

run after Nathan to explain myself. But then I paused, wondering why I was