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Chapter 43

Chapter 43

“Morning.” I smiled at them, then sat down at the table and started enjoying my oatmeal.

Jared shot me a sidelong glance, but he never actually met my eyes.

“We should pick Yvonne up this afternoon. Can’t have her stay at my mom’s place forever. Otherwise, my mom will start thinking there’s trouble in paradise,” Jared advised coolly as he ate.

“Sure, but work’s got me swamped lately. How about you go pick her up, babe?” I immediately tried to wriggle out of it.

“We’re going together,” Jared said, shutting down my excuse before I could even finish. “I’ll get Yvonne a present she’ll love, and you can just take the credit for it.”

“No need to make up that kind of lie,” I said coolly. “Yvonne isn’t some clueless kid. She already understands a lot about people and how the world works.”

“I’m just doing this for your own good.” Jared’s face darkened when he saw I wasn’t having it.

Marriage is about fate, and the bond between mother and daughter is the same. Just because she came from me. doesn’t mean she owes me forever.” I grabbed two slices of bread, threw my

me until my car was out

trying to be the perfect wife and mom,

armor.

*****

memory is good, so I just

was already picking up, but it was

buy stocks, when to go

designed amazed the designers. Bringing in fresh ideas was

it was time to get Jared’s approval for the funding. But first, I had to go

the screen. She raised an eyebrow. “Good, Mrs. Holcomb. The design firm

his eyes glued

Mrs. Holcomb. We just did the drawings. Every setup and color

dead silent after

treatment. He looked at me, his eyes a little wide with surprise. “You came

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