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

Chapter 578

“Okay, Mom,” Yvonne answered, doing exactly as I asked.

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Turns out, without those sugar–coated lessons laced with poison from a stepmom, Yvonne’s just a really sensible kid.

Jared looked like he wanted to say something, but in the end, his voice grew serious as he said, “Mom, take Yvonne home.”

“But…” Sally was this close to blurting out her real reason.

“Let’s go,” Jared said, giving me a complicated look before turning to Nathan. “Nathan, thanks for helping Victoria and Yvonne out. Get some rest.”

Nathan gave a gentle smile. “Really, it was nothing. No need to thank me.”

Sally looked a bit reluctant, but she picked up her basket and walked out.

“Mom, Nathan, I’ll come over tomorrow morning,” Yvonne called, waving her little hand at us.

Finally, the room was quiet. Nathan let out a sigh of relief and eased himself back against the pillow, careful not to aggravate his wound. He looked at me with a helpless smile.

“Jared’s mom is really something,” Nathan said, looking straight at me. “She came in here and started playing matchmaker, even brought photos of potential girlfriends.”

I shrugged and laughed. “She’s got a lot of connections–knows plenty of rich girls. If she’s introducing you, you’re really making out pretty well.”

“Victoria, don’t you think there’s something else going on with her trying to set me up?” Nathan said, sharp as ever, already seeing through the whole act.

couldn’t help but chuckle. “Oh? So

shot me a long–suffering look. “She wants you and Jared back together, so she’s trying to marry

not just reading way too much into this?” I shot him a playful look, messing with

when it comes to this kind of stuff, I’m like the most sensitive guy ever,” Nathan protested, giving me a wounded

out from the injury, he almost made

thinking,” I admitted. Sally knows Jared won’t even consider dating anyone else as long as

two plans: one, try to get me and

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to marry someone else. Once I’m off the market, Jared would have to give

making sure any guy interested in me gets shown

had “speechless” written all over

Don’t take it to heart,” I said, smiling as

comfort him.

did little to comfort Nathan. He just sat there in silence, his eyes quietly fixed

to admit, the white in Nathan’s hair actually made him look

flickering in his gaze. In that instant, it was like a bolt of

“Your shirt’s still got blood on it–why don’t

me,” Nathan said, suddenly acting all bold and not even pretending to be

I grabbed a basin, filled it with hot water, and brought

in the steaming–hot water, wrung it out, and as

shirt with his left hand, but for some reason, even his usually nimble fingers

it,” I said

fall away and just waited for

All I had on underneath was a fitted black turtleneck that really showed