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

“See me? By sneaking around like this? That doesn’t really suit someone like you, Mr. Jennings.” I shot back, coming at him harder than I meant to. Maybe it was all the fear and anxiety from earlier tonight, giving me a kind of courage born from desperation.

Edward stared at me, totally thrown off. After a long moment, he gave a helpless shrug. “What else do you want me to do? Should I just call you and ask you out like it’s all normal? Or maybe hang around outside your office waiting for you to get off work?”

“No way,” I shot back, just the thought of it making my skin crawl. “Can you please just be

reasonable?”

Edward’s eyes, shadowed and dark, caught the glimmer of streetlight, making them look even more haunting and mesmerizing.

“I know I should keep it together, but… I just can’t help myself anymore, Victoria. Meeting you like this -it’s humiliating,” he admitted, sounding almost desperate. All that pride was gone; he looked so vulnerable, and you could see the pain written all over his face.

When you can’t rein in your own feelings and desires, it’s pure agony.

It’s not like a knife stabbing straight into you–it’s more like a swarm of tiny ants crawling all over your heart, biting and driving you crazy. The more you try to ignore it, the worse it gets.

“If you think it’s humiliating, then stop creating these chances to run into me. Ryan’s not clueless- tonight he thought you were there for Isabelle. If you keep popping up at the wrong moments, what do you think he’ll start suspecting?” I said, my fear now replaced by a calm, rational edge. If he couldn’t see the problem, I had to make it clear to him.

Edward just stared at me for a moment, then gave a wry chuckle. “You know, you’re starting to sound a bit like me when I’m trying to be logical.”

I shot him an annoyed glare. “I’m just trying to find a way to handle this. Even you think this is wrong, Mr. Jennings, Shouldn’t you be making an effort to fix it?”

“How do you know I haven’t tried? I’ve been holding myself back. I’m not asking for anything else–1 just wanted to see you, even if it’s like this,” Edward said, his voice low and intense,

“No, you just want someone to call you out and snap you back to reality,” I replied, my tone firm.

Edward didn’t get mad; instead, he chuckled and nodded. “Honestly, you’re the only one who’d ever call me out to my face like this.”

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self–deprecating laugh. “Oh, he would. He’d tear into me way worse than you ever could. I’m actually

into you? Shouldn’t adults be responsible for their own actions?” I was so shocked and angry, I couldn’t help but hit him

closed his eyes, lowered his head in silence, then nodded. “You’re right. But

suspect a thing. I’ll just get some woman

he doesn’t

stunned. ‘That’s his idea of

it.

you in an awkward position. But you can’t stop me from

My heart can’t handle this kind

overwhelming me.

but none of them could hold a candle to you in that business suit. Watching

than he’d ever said

stood there, completely frozen, a cold numbness

late. I need to go rest,” I

“Okay,

few steps, I stopped and looked back at him. “Can we please just not see each other anymore? Seriously,

stepped forward, reached out, and gently plucked a leaf from my hair. “Honestly, even with your hair all

moment, I was completely

rushed toward the elevator,

blank. Freaked out,

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