Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 37

Chapter 57

The room fell silent the second I spoke. Everyone turned to stare at me like I’d lost my mind. And maybe I had.

What kind of wife claps for her husband singing a love song with another woman? A smart one–because I had a plan. Jared told me not to bring up divorce again, so I’d just nudge things along another way.

Tracy was running out of time. She wanted my place badly. If she turned up the pressure on Jared, he’d give it a deep thought and cave eventually. And when he did, he’d come to me with that polite, detached tone and ask for a divorce–just

like last time.

In my previous life, he’d offered me the villa, 8% of his company shares, and some prime commercial properties. The only thing he wouldn’t compromise on was our daughter’s custody. On paper, it was more than enough to set me up for life.

I didn’t care about the money then. All I wanted was him. I truly believed holding onto that marriage meant security—that as long as I had him and his wealth, I’d

me down, but the

withdrew from friends, unable to bear their sympathetic

me back. My applause must have pissed him off

down my snacks, took a slow sip of my coffee, and gave the room a breezy wave. “Enjoy the rest

rushed to the door, her face falling like a

night. I got to go back and check on my daughter.” Then he disappeared into

collected, untouchable. But for just a second, when our eyes met, I saw

just sneered. Go ahead. Lose your temper. Let him see

like if I didn’t make a scene, she would. And I couldn’t wait to

in silence. Then, out of nowhere,

it, but on the next floor, a woman stepped in holding her kid’s hand. Without hesitation, Jared snapped the cigarette in