Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 131

Jared got sentimental, which was so unlike him that it threw me off balance.

I stared, my usual quick–witted deflections failing me. Of all the things I’d prepared for, him asking if I still cared wasn’t one of them. I’d assumed indifference was our unspoken agreement.

“Seriously? You’re overcomplicating things,” I said, forcing a smirk.

A flicker of annoyance crossed his face. “You’ve been different since you said you were going back to work.”

“Different how? I’m the same person.” I tilted my head, playing dumb.

“I can’t pinpoint it, but you’re not the same.” Jared was a master at keeping people at arm’s length, but he had a razor–sharp intuition. Apparently, he’d picked up on the fact that I’d stopped loving him.

“You’re imagining things. I’ve just been busy, that’s all.” I threw his old excuse back at him, my voice flat.

He looked even more upset. He pressed his lips into a thin line and said nothing.

he the one who’d declared love irrelevant? Now he wanted to rewrite

I’m sorry for what I said before.” The car glided smoothly down the boulevard, and after

sorry for?”

his eyes fixed on the road as if his thoughts were

read something interesting the other day. It said there are only two

sprouted horns. Jared? Giving a TED Talk

“One: find

go home and wrap your arms around the one you love. Purpose and belonging–you need both. One’s your validation. The

to his profile. This was not the Jared I knew. When

in my previous life. After my own heart stopped, he was probably busy throwing Tracy the blowout wedding she’d always wanted. Yvonne would’ve been

it sent an arctic wave through me–palms, soles, every inch of skin turned to

“go home and wrap your arms around the one you love,” it had

toward me. “What do you think?” His tone carried that

1/2

my smile curl,

Doesn’t matter