Housewife Gone Wild

I really didn’t want to cry, I knew tears wouldn’t do any good right now. If anything, they’d just make him think I was compromising or beggine sympathy

I tried my best to hold back the tears, but I just couldn’t. I could only turn my back to him, refusing to look at his surprised expression.

He didn’t say a word, but his handsome face had gone noticeably pale,

1 took a deep breath, forcing myself to stay calm. “When we divorce, I won’t insist on getting anything from you. You can have the child I won’t fight for custody.”

With that, I grabbed my bag and strode out, not giving Jared a chance to say a word.

Leaning against the elevator wall, I was anything but calm. I wiped away the tears at the corners of my eyes with my fingertips

The mirrored elevator doors showed me someone new–not that fragile wallflower who waited around for a man’s love, but a badass female warrior picking up her armor and getting ready to take on the world.

This was me after time travel, determined to shove myself out of my comfort zone and fight for my future, relying on no one but myself.

Thad no idea what Jared was thinking, but knowing him, he was always decisive. Now that i’d said everything I needed to, I figured he’d eventually swing the blade and end this toxic bond, letting us both finally breathe free

That night,

I went to stay at a

I’d bought a

to that house. The apartment

that lived–in warmth, but it was quiet, perfect for

own.

again, but Yvonne kept texting me, asking where I was,

made my eyes sting, but in

much from a six–year–old. I wanted her to put

show some maturity, even worrying about me, but honestly, my heart

grow up with the memory of me as

out strong and independent, instead of the reckless troublemaker

turned it over and over in my mind, and

a good man, but he just wasn’t the one

never needed everything to be perfect, but I knew exactly what kind of life would bring

myself be

day. I went to the office to hand in my resignation. Even though I’d put so much of myself into

arrived at the office, it was already past ten. I was just

you get some rest? His

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