Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 7

Melissa was way more panicked than I was. She gripped my hand, terrified I’d make a scene. After all, Jared was a big–shot executive. She probably figured if we caused a public embarrassment, I’d end up regretting it.

“Victoria, I’m so sorry. I–I had no clue…” Melissa stammered, worried I might do something crazy.

I patted her hand gently and whispered, “It’s fine. Where’s our table? Let’s go sit.”

Melissa’s eyes went wide in disbelief–my calm must’ve thrown her off. “Victoria…” she started, then trailed off.

I gave a cool smile. “I know that woman. She’s Jared’s assistant, Tracy. No big deal.”

Melissa peeked over quickly, let out a breath, and led me to our table.

Maybe my dress–part innocent, part sexy–was too eye–catching, but Jared spotted me right away. And plenty of guys around us couldn’t help but look up at me, too.

“Mom!” Yvonne suddenly stood up and called out.

and waved, but she didn’t budge.

reached out, brushing Yvonne’s hair gently, and whispered something in her ear. But Yvonne

Jared stood

me.

over. “What are you doing here?” he asked, his eyes

brightly. “Mr. Holcomb, I invited Victoria to

her and

mumbled reluctantly,

right away. “Yvonne, you’re getting so pretty, and you’ve grown so

looked at me, then at Tracy, and finally at

her head firmly. “I’m done eating. Tracy said she’ll take me to the arcade later. I wanna

and turned to

smile, calm as

at me, confused. Clearly, he hadn’t expected this–no scene, no anger, not even a question about the

their table, grabbed

the door, then turned to me, her face full of sympathy. “I’m so sorry, Victoria. I shouldn’t have picked this restaurant–I never should’ve let you see something that’d