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.

quiet laugh bubbled inside me. Wasn’t he the one who’d declared love irrelevant? Now he wanted to rewrite the rules? If

smoothly down the boulevard, and after a few

sorry

his

interesting the other day. It said there

at him like he’d just sprouted horns. Jared? Giving a TED Talk

passenger window, his voice dropping. “One: find the right career. Two: find the right

But when it sets, you go home and wrap your arms

not the Jared I knew. When had he had

wedding she’d always wanted. Yvonne would’ve been in the front row, sobbing

Thinking about it sent an arctic wave through

arms around

toward me. “What do you think?” His

1/2

my smile curl, slow

or rot. Doesn’t matter if