Housewife Gone Wild

Jared went quiet again. He glanced around the kitchen, jealousy all over his face. “When I saw you and Nathan cooking in here just now, I felt really bad.”

I looked at him like he was a freak. “We’re divorced. Why would you care who I’m with?”

Jared crossed his arms. “I was jealous.”

I laughed in disbelief. “Jared, you have no right to be jealous anymore. Forget cooking. Even if you saw me kissing someone, you should keep your cool.”

“I can’t.” He bit his lip. “I want to be blind and numb and just let myself move on, but I

tried.” There was pain in his voice. “I still can’t handle seeing you with another man.”

“So what now?” I turned to him. “From here on out, you’re gonna see me with someone else. Aren’t you just setting yourself up to be miserable?”

Jared stared at me for a long moment and then closed his eyes. “You’re not the kind of

woman who sleeps around, Victoria. Even after the divorce, I hope you won’t hook up with guys just to get back at me.”

I had to admit that Jared’s ego was unbelievable. Even now, he was convinced that

whatever was going on between Nathan and me was just to get revenge for his cheating.

and I played tennis. I’ve never felt

when I invited you a few times? You always said you didn’t have time

to go find

a few times. He kept pointing out what I was doing wrong, like I was some student. But Nathan wasn’t

washing dishes, turned to Jared, and

really good, but he

I hit the ball wrong, he encouraged me. Even if I hit it right at

and darker, I laughed softly. “Now I get it. When someone

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you know the feeling. Tracy gave you way more emotional support than I

“Do you know why Nathan does all this?” Jared gave a

calmly. “When a man and a woman spend time together, in the end,

know that and still think he cares? Don’t be so

ever cross your mind that maybe I want a man’s touch, too? Who’s taking advantage? Who can say

Jared’s voice