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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.

daughter is the same. Just because she came from me. doesn’t mean she owes me forever.”

following me until my car was

and mom, I started growing some

armor.

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spent discussing the renovation. My memory is good, so I just copied some of the

was already picking

to invest. I knew when to buy stocks, when to go for gold, and when a downturn

model rooms I designed amazed the designers. Bringing in

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

images on the screen. She raised an eyebrow. “Good, Mrs. Holcomb. The design firm you picked

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

glances, then one of the leads spoke up. “Mr. Holcomb, actually, all these designs came from Mrs. Holcomb. We just did the drawings.

went dead silent

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

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