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

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I stood a little ways off, the early autumn breeze making me shiver. The chill made the fine hairs on my pale skin stand on

end.

It felt like the winds of change were blowing.

The two black Rolls–Royces at the front of the line slowly rolled past me and came to a stop right in front of me.

The window in the backseat rolled down, and Edward‘ face appeared.

He frowned at me from inside the car. “Why are you standing out here alone? Need a ride?”

I glanced over at Melissa, who was still busy handing out business cards not too far away, and quickly replied, “No, thanks. My friend’s here.”

Edward gestured with his phone, and the window rolled back up. The Rolls–Royce sped off.

Melissa came running back, grinning from ear to ear. “Talk about lucky–I just got my face known with the big shots.”

I slid into her car, laughing. “Do you really have to work that hard at it?”

Melissa groaned with a laugh. “Ms. Murphy, you don’t need to bother. You’ve got resources coming out of your ears. Me? Totally different story. If our firm wants to get anywhere, we’ve got to cozy up to the higher–ups. My future’s on the line, so of course I’ve got to hustle.”

Listening to Melissa, I thought about everything I had now–it’s like everything just fell into my lap.

I have now, I traded for, bit by bit, with my feelings. Turns out, playing the game of love is my biggest leverage for getting

I should really hone that

head, Edward’s sarcastic words hit me like a cold shower, snapping me right back

but you can’t just throw them around

off at home, and we made some coffee, grabbed some fruit, and just sat on the couch, spilling our guts about everything

I’d broken up with Nathan, she practically shrieked, “Victoria, are you out of your mind? You had Nathan, and

words, full of regret for me, I felt a bitter pang in my chest. “Yeah, I guess I’m just

do you mean you don’t deserve him? You’re both loaded–no money worries, no stress. You can do whatever you want. Even if you don’t get married, you could travel the world together,

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relationships–probably because she’d handled so many divorce cases that

to have some standards, right?” I said with a wry smile. “Melissa, I’ve decided to try dating someone

ship?” Melissa shot me a look of disbelief. “With a guy like Nathan, how could

it?”

was such a rollercoaster, so I had to start from the beginning and fill her

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jaw dropped. “Victoria, just look at that face of yours–it’s gotten you so many perks! If I had

point,” I cut

point is, the Jennings family helped Nathan, but the catch was you

“Yeah,” I nodded.