Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 44

My assertiveness made Tracy press her lips together, and she stayed silent after that.

Honestly, all she had to do was make a few suggestions. If I agreed, she’d swoop in and take credit for my hard work over the past few days. But if I rejected her, her plan would fall apart.

Jared glanced at me, probably surprised, either because I had shown a bit of what I could do or just from how confident I

was.

Either way, Jared was a good husband. In the end, he said, “Since Victoria is managing the Harmonia Hotel, it’s only natural she makes the decisions.”

As Jared left the conference room, Tracy stood up and said with a smile, “I never expected you to come up with such a unique design, Mrs. Holcomb. I’ll have to pick your brain sometime.”

I forced a smile, looked her in the eye, and replied, “Oh, sure. If anything, I should thank you, Tracy, for all the big contributions you’ve made to the company. Jared always praises you.”

As I expected, Tracy’s face changed. As the other woman, she probably didn’t care much about her reputation, but her family did. As long as Jared and I were still married, her relationship with him would always have to stay secret.

can do for the company,” Tracy said before walking out. A few senior

room and lobby designs, I had a few more experienced people work on them.

at the entrance of the Harmonia Hotel, I couldn’t help but smile, thinking about how Jared had said half the

money, I could invest in everything, like

deep voice came from behind me.

see Nathan stepping out of

I said with a smile. “I didn’t expect to

replied, glancing up at the

“No, just came by to have

be so business–minded,” Nathan said,

people coming over, I knew how to keep things proper, so I said,

leave first.”

Nathan’s eyes darkened, his voice dropping to a soft, almost haunting tone. “Relax. I’m not reckless enough to

so that no one else could hear, but it still

because

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