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

“I don’t want that. I don’t want Mom to go far away. Grandma, please, I’m begging you. Stop picking on Mom.” Yvonne burst into tears.

Sally’s voice was stiff. “Jared, don’t be so pathetic. Do you think forcing her to stay at the company will make her fall for you again? Didn’t she have

someone new last time?”

Jared didn’t say anything. Sally sneered, “She is ruthless. You know she’s got someone new now; why would she ever want you back?”

“Mom, as long as you don’t stir things up, I’ll bring her back,” Jared said, exhausted.

“Come back? I’ve been spreading rumors about her, and she must hate me now! Why would she ever come back?” Sally’s voice shot up. “She’s never

coming back. Quit dreaming.”

“We still have Yvonne.” Jared clung to hope like a lifeline. “She’s Yvonne’s mom. She couldn’t be that cold.”

Suddenly, Yvonne jumped up and dashed upstairs, but then she started crying out loud. “Mom, I fell. My knee hurts so much.”

Hearing that, I felt my mind go blank. It wasn’t until Yvonne cried out that I snapped back to reality. Jared’s words sent a chill down my spine. He’d schemed all along to trap me at the company. He really was cunning.

hear what Dad and Grandma just said?” Yvonne

“I heard,” I said.

still loves you,” Yvonne said, sounding genuinely

him anymore, Yvonne. Does that make you hate

on the verge of tears. “I wouldn’t dare hate you. I’m scared

it over, Yvonne. Human nature is complicated, and you’ll have to learn that kindness between

Dad’s coming upstairs,” Yvonne blurted out

bottle, poured half a glass, and leaned back on the couch. My

never find another woman who looked at him like that. I couldn’t believe he actually

the value of something once it was gone, but that happiness they once felt never came back. He said I couldn’t even scheme.

other, once. People said never to get blinded by love, tike gamblers

wanted to win, but who was meant to lose? If one lost, the wise thing was to let go quickly.

side for a stretch of the road. When

offered a different view, and regret was the last thing

with his business, but tused this place as a stepping stone to grow stronger He had his schemes, and that my plans. But what he didn’t realize was, I

heard from in ages He’d snappest a

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