Housewife Gone Wild

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Chapter 305

“And that’s your arrogance talking.” I shot back.

“Arrogance you enabled,” he fired back, his gaze darkening. “You loved me without restraint. That’s what made me so sure of myself. And now you’re walking away without looking back. If anyone’s cruel here, it’s you.”

I refused to take the blame. “Mr. Holcomb, life moves forward. Don’t cling to the past. Loving your was just one chapter, not the whole story.”

For a long moment, he just stared at me. Then, slowly, he nodded. “I didn’t understand that before. But you’ve made it clear now.”

“Then I hope you find happiness,” I said, stepping around him toward the elevators.

Jared followed, his long strides easily keeping pace as we waited for the elevator. When I glanced at him, his eyes dropped, lingering on the faint mark just above my collarbone.

My rose gold blouse made my skin glow, and the barely there bruise stood out. A reminder of Nathan’s lips there just last night, his murmured praise still echoing in my memory.

A shiver ran through me, warmth pooling low in my stomach.

into the elevator with me. “Do you think we can still

“You’re

you’d like

you just like I would a boss,” I

instantly. He knew I was doing

gotten wilder And meaner,” he remarked as we exited the

the buffet restaurant, where the eyes of our colleagues immediately flicked toward

up a plate and walked ahead He’d always been picky about food.

until even my love for spicy

fewer really left

spicy dishes Jared glanced at my selections and said, “They

already taken one I ignored him, choosing

the front of me I asked Wendy She said

your own life Don’t waste your energy

cudly. Regardless, you’re so the

fra urging fed into an sy after the