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

“But I just want to be closer to you,” Ryan said.

So I ended up letting him come with me to the hotel. Ryan caught up on some sleep in the car, and we just sat in silence.

8 . 80%E

+23

When we got to the hotel, Ryan woke up, and the first thing he did was treat everyone to coffee and pastries. The staff were smiling, chatfing happily with him.

I looked at Ryan, who was so bright. If I were just a few years younger, I probably would’ve fallen for him. But no matter how perfect my looks were, I couldn’t cover up the desolation inside.

Of course, I wasn’t about to stay this way forever. One day, I’d fill that barren heart of mine with a riot of vibrant, passionate blooms.

Ryan suddenly knocked on my door and popped his head in. “You’re heading to Shaville for work, right?”

I nodded. “Yeah, I might be going over there.”

“Great.” Ryan’s eyes sparkled. “You got a place in Shaville? If not, you can crash at mine.”

anyone hand over their house as if it were no

à little snort. “Only

you, but I’ve already got a place

“Guess I’ll see you in

you leaving

Victoria, we’ll have plenty of chances

came over with a bag. “Hey, this is for Yvonne.

wanted to reject, but he just walked off before I

Yvonne came by, brought over by Jared. When she arrived,

me,

about to answer, I saw Jared walk in, looking pretty grim. I could tell right away he

this?” Yvonne spotted the bag on the sofa and immediately tore it open. Her face lit up and she started clapping excitedly. “Wow, it’s the gift wished

over to check out Yvonne’s present. It was a pair of shoes that looked like they were

rubbing her cheek against

Vonne’s sense of style was just impossible to figure out Yvonne had begged me to buy her shoes like these before, but I always thought they looked

shut Yvonne a fragen “it’s just a pair of pines