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

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The voices downstairs fell silent instantly, and then Edward walked over to the stairs and looked up at me.

He had already hung up his phone and said, “Come on down.”

I went downstairs, my heart pounding, and asked him anxiously, “Who were you talking to?”

“Isabelle’s grandfather,” Edward replied. “He wants to keep things quiet.”

My face went white. If anyone could just mess up and get forgiven like it’s nothing, this world would be total chaos.

“Relax. There’s no way I’m letting this go,” Edward said, his voice steady and full of resolve, like he could see right through my worries.

“Edward, if I end up pissing off the Lynn family, will it come back to bite you?” I asked. Sure, I wanted payback, but if the price was more than I could handle, where was I supposed to find the guts to go through with it?

Isabelle wasn’t just coming after me–she was going for the people I care about most.

“Victoria, you’re just a poor thing who got dragged into this mess. I don’t let people walk all over me, you get that? This isn’t just Isabelle targeting you–she’s using you to slap me in the face,” Edward said, reaching out to ruffle my hair. “If we don’t settle this, it’ll be a stain on the Jennings family’s reputation.”

My chest tightened, and I stared at Edward, eyes flickering with surprise. So this is how he saw what happened to me he really understood my humiliation.

“Thanks…” I murmured, even though I’d said it so many times before. But right now, having someone in my corner like this made me feel truly safe.

“The Lynn family wanted Isabelle to come over and apologize, but I refused,” Edward said.

a wry smile. “I don’t need her apology.

Edward grinned. “Exactly.”

He glanced at the screen, his brows knitting together. “It’s

catching as I

some reason, the fact that Edward actually told me who was calling sent an unexpected surge of trust through me, like a

and walked out toward

watching Edward stand in the golden sunlight. That’s when I noticed he

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I didn’t even have time to swallow–it went straight down the

suddenly turned to look at me,

in my hand, and grinned.

mind was somewhere else,” I muttered, feeling

worried because she couldn’t reach Ryan last night–his phone was off, and she thought

I blurted out, barely

moment. “Alright, I won’t

head up to

had just relaxed, tensed up again at my anxious tone. “You still care

I didn’t say anything.

really have to keep testing me all the

a wry smile. “Sorry, sometimes stuff just slips out before I even realize