Housewife Gone Wild

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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.

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

back, his eyes following me until my car was out

to be the perfect wife and mom, I started growing some thorns. Eventually, they’d become

armor.

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day spent discussing the renovation. My memory is good, so I just copied some of the best hotel styles I had

economy here was already picking up, but it was

hotel. I was also learning to invest. I knew when to buy stocks, when

designers. Bringing

approval for the funding. But first, I had to go

conference table, Tracy looked like a boss with her arms crossed, studying the images on the screen. She raised an eyebrow. “Good, Mrs. Holcomb. The

sitting at the head of the table with his eyes glued to the pictures. He asked, “Who’s the designer behind this? We

actually, all these designs came from Mrs. Holcomb. We just

room went dead silent

He looked at me, his eyes a little wide with surprise.

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