I took a deep breath, the bitterness in my chest burning even hotter.

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“I’m not pretending to be tough, and I’m not in a bad mood,” I said, turning to look him in the eye. “Why don’t you go home and teach your kid how to read? You’re the genius, right? Put those brains to work where it actually counts.”

Jared gave me a look, totally at a loss for words.

“Victoria, during this time we’ve been apart, haven’t you ever thought about what we used to have?” he asked, his voice tinged

with bitterness.

“I haven’t had the time,” I replied coolly. But honestly, I had. I’d been replaying everything in my head, trying to figure out how things fell apart in my previous life–and how to keep it from happening all over again.

“I don’t buy it,” Jared said, shaking his head. “Are you just trying to find traces of me in Nathan? But he can’t be what you need, can he? Is that why you two are falling apart?”

I was floored by what he said.

Then I just laughed, speechless. “Jared, people should know their own place. Why are you so clueless about where you stand?”

at me,

out a sarcastic laugh. “Yeah, you always think you matter more to me than you really do, just because I was crazy

Jared said with a

to get into another fight with him; I just wanted to

couch with that lazy, attentive look. “Go ahead,

“The key wanted to travel, so it left the lock on

looked at

lock rusted,” I said. “My heart for you has completely frozen over. Even if you’re just half a meter away from me now, there’s no way we could ever hug each other without

stunned to the

lip and let out a sarcastic laugh. “My heart’s gone cold, and you’re still

here.”

fan of that story. “Stop going on about how you don’t feel anything for me anymore. We

get that after the divorce, any more concern from you just feels out of

for a few seconds, then

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