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

Chapter 527

SEVoucheres

I stared at him, surprised. He was lying right next to me, and the room still had that post–sex vibe. I was about to get up and take a shower when Ryan’s strong arm wrapped around me from behind, pulling me back into bed and into his embrace. “Take me with you, okay?” he asked.

I tapped my finger between his eyebrows. “New Year’s is a big deal, a fresh start. Don’t you want to have dinner with your family?”

Ryan buried his face in my neck, his voice husky. “My mom said we’d have dinner together, but I don’t want to. I don’t want to hear her lecture me. I just want to be with you.”

“No, you need to be with your family,” I insisted.

“Being with you is when I feel most relaxed, happiest, and honestly, most like myself,” Ryan gave me a puppy- eyed look. “You never even scold me, Vic. You’re so gentle. I really love that about you.”

I froze for a second. It’s not that I’m overly gentle–it’s just that getting mad makes you age faster, and I’m just trying to fight off aging here.

“Ryan, quit acting like a kid,” I said, trying to peel his arm off my waist.

But he just squeezed me even tighter, like he wanted us to become one person.

some people pretend to be sweet, but with real–like water, soothing and embracing everything around you,” Ryan breathed against my

you,

it’s

faking it too, just

around me,” Ryan said, lifting his head. His eyes, once hazy, now clear and deep, reminded me of Edward’s–like the bottomless depths of a lake, so dark and mysterious it sent

me.

“Vic, you probably don’t realize it, but

him like a kid just because he’s a few

a powerful family like the Jennings, any child who isn’t smart enough never

me, giving me that puppy–eyed,

and struggled to break free. “You’re being

I’m still not satisfied…” Ryan’s eyes were full of pleading. “Can

out,” I said,

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of me as he gazed