Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 58

But the real tragedy wasn’t the weight I’d lost. It was the equal standing I’d surrendered.

The elevator dinged. Jared strode out but paused long enough to toss over his shoulder, “Wait in the car. I need a smoke.”

“Didn’t you drive?” I asked.

“No.” He didn’t elaborate, just walked off toward the designated smoking area.

Jared rarely smokes. Only when something was eating at him. So why now? He just spent the evening crooning love songs with his mistress. Shouldn’t he be floating on cloud nine? Unless my presence ruined the fantasy, reminded him how cheap the whole thing really was.

I smirked and slid into the car. Let him stew.

A few minutes later, Jared appeared, his tall frame cutting an imposing figure under the parking lot lights. He yanked open the passenger door and dropped into the seat like a man settling into a courtroom bench–all stiff posture and silent authority.

Lately, he’d been riding shotgun in my car more often. But in the past, it never would’ve happened.

key in the ignition and couldn’t resist needling him. “You know, we really shouldn’t be in

that could freeze lava. “Just

could still T–bone us. Rich couples are supposed to travel separately–eggs in different baskets and all

went icy. “Shut up and

make it clear he shouldn’t ride with me anymore. The

overnight–probably guilt over the kid getting sick on her watch. With both Jared and me working now,

I wore my nightgown and stood in front of the full–length mirror,

yoga had sculpted me into better shape than I’d been in years. But this recent cold had whittled away

nighttime serum, I nearly dropped the bottle. Jared sat motionless on the edge of my bed. When had he slipped in? He moved like a ghost

announced preemptively, layering my voice

flicked up. “I know.” That deep voice carried its usual finality. “I’m not here for

from the man who’d once insisted he couldn’t

in silence, slid under

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pressing against my