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

+23)

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.

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

I should really hone

into my head, Edward’s sarcastic words hit me

you can’t just throw them

fruit, and just sat on the

with Nathan, she practically shrieked, “Victoria, are you out of your mind? You had Nathan, and you dumped him? Do you even know how many people would kill to be

a bitter pang in my chest. “Yeah, I guess I’m just never satisfied.

whatever you

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take on relationships–probably because she’d handled so many divorce cases that nothing surprised her

you’re not getting married, you’ve got to have some standards, right?” I said with a wry smile. “Melissa, I’ve decided

me a look of disbelief. “With a guy like Nathan, how could you even

it?”

so I had to start from the beginning and fill her in on everything

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at that face of yours–it’s gotten you so many perks! If I had your looks and your figure, I bet I could turn

the point,” I cut

Jennings family helped Nathan, but the catch was you had to get involved with him,”

“Yeah,” I nodded.