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

this!” I called

already paid

the check.

in his seat. “Don’t worry about it, Ms. Murphy. If it weren’t for you, I probably wouldn’t

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

back to the office. That afternoon, I sent Ryan out to run an errand and discuss

word and jacked up the price by 30%. When I called to negotiate,

he said, “Don’t worry, Ms. Murphy. I’ll see

pull some strings.”

connections?” I

remember a senior from college who works at that company. Maybe he can help smooth things over,”

before nightfall, Ryan came back having pulled it off–and he even negotiated the price down by 30%. He really surprised me. I saw him

went back to his seat and started flipping through those boring company reports

I told Ryan to call it a day. He gave a lazy stretch and strolled out of the

to head out myself. When I stepped outside, I noticed quite a few cars sporting Shaville plates parked out front,

an eye on the cars around, so

ht me off guard.

heading home, I swung by the supermarket for some groceries. When I got back, Jared was downstairs at my

stubbed out

saw me,

groceries, but I dodged his hand and said, “Didn’t I tell you to call before

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Chapter 210