Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 210

The food hit the table, and I started eating with one hand while checking work emails on thought people glued to their phones for work were just putting on a show.

It turned out that there really was an endless stream of stuff to deal with. Prejudice was really horrible.

“Victoria-” Ryan started.

“Call me Ms. Murphy,” I said without looking up.

Ryan nodded obediently. “Okay, Ms. Murphy. You

first. Work never ends.”

1 paused, looking up at him. “You’re pretty thoughtful

my phone with the other. Back when I wasn’t working fatwaye

Ryan looked a bit embarrassed and said quietly, “I just noticed you

weren’t eating much.”

I put my phone down and focused on my meal. That was when I noticed Ryan ate with a certain grace–slow and composed, totally different from those teenage boys i’d seen before who usually just wolfed down their food.

After we finished eating, Ryan suddenly stood up and ran off to pay

let me get this!” I called out, waving him

fast–he’d already paid and job

the check.

Ms. Murphy. If it weren’t for

was the grateful type. I nodded. “Alright, just work hard,

That afternoon, I sent Ryan out to run

got there, the other side totally went back on their word and jacked up the price by 30%. When I called to negotiate, they were polite

come back, but he said, “Don’t

pull some strings.”

I asked

at that company. Maybe he can help smooth things over,”

wasn’t expecting much, but before nightfall, Ryan came back having pulled it off–and he even negotiated the price down by 30%. He really surprised

though. He just quietly went back to his seat and started

I told Ryan to call it a day. He gave a lazy stretch

When I stepped outside, I noticed quite a

day, I always kept an eye on the cars around, so spotting all these out–of–town plates all of

ht me off guard.

some groceries. When I got back, Jared

stubbed out his

saw me,

his hand and said, “Didn’t I tell you to call before you show up? What

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