Housewife Gone Wild

There was a hint of sadness in Nathan’s eyes. “Don’t look at me like that. I lost a lot of close family. That’s why I realized life’s short and can end anytime. So I want to spend my limited

time doing what I love.”

4 froze for a moment, realizing Nathan had a tough past. I whispered, “Sorry, I didn’t mean

to sound rude.”

Nathan shook his head, “I know,”

The mood got a little heavy. Just then, our appetizer arrived. We ate quietly without talking

much. But I suspected Nathan wanted me to take him home because he was eager to move

up fast.

I thought it was funny. I glanced up, and Nathan was looking at me too. My heart skipped a few beats for no reason, and I didn’t dare glance at him again.

After we finished the gruel, it was already past midnight, so we each went home. After a

long, busy day, having a good–looking guy around to lift my spirits made life feel a lot better

all of a sudden.

Thinking about Nathan’s sad eyes, I felt that maybe losing close family made someone

less and focus more on

all the meetings were at the company. I got there early. Since the hotel was doing well,

me as Jared’s wife. Now, they politely called me “Ms. Murphy“. That kind of recognition slowly built

anymore. Even

and Amy didn’t have any rumors about them dating, mainly because Jared

last time Amy asked me about Jared’s preferences,

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tell she got a bit hostile toward

suddenly remembered that Warner had said Jared repeatedly played the song I liked, I didn’t even remember which song I liked back then in my

doing something like that surprised me. Warner said Jared seemed calm on the outside but had a lot on his

the meeting, Amy brought Jared coffee. I returned to my office, handled some tasks, and then decided to ask Jared if I could work at the hotel unless there

knocked and went in, Jared was talking business with Amy. I planned to leave quietly, but

said, “I’m talking to Mr. Holcomb

“About what?” I asked.

new branch of the hotel

the hotel, but the company still handled

didn’t expect they had started looking

from operating the hotel were better suited to be treated as fixed assets, used to further develop the hotel business. I hadn’t expected that Jared

this business so