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.

irrelevant? Now he wanted to

car glided smoothly down the boulevard,

exactly are you sorry for?” I snapped back

He fell silent again, his eyes fixed on the road as if his thoughts were scrolling across the

other day. It said there are only two things

he’d just sprouted horns. Jared? Giving

“One:

your work. But when it sets, you go home and wrap your arms around the one you love. Purpose and belonging–you need

was not the Jared I knew. When

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

death had simply cleared the runway for their perfect takeoff. Thinking about it sent an arctic wave through

having about “go home and wrap your arms around the one you love,” it had to be a

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

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my smile

bloom or rot. Doesn’t matter if