Housewife Gone Wild

Jared was really drunk, rambling as he stumbled toward me.

I tried to dodge him, but his tall frame trapped me in the small space by the desk.

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“I’m not drunk,” Jared insisted. “I just keep thinking. You loved me for years. There must’ve been something about me you liked. So why did I lose to him? Victoria, tell me. What do I have to do to win you back?

“This is driving me crazy,” he rambled, looking at me with pained eyes. “I’ve been replaying everything in my head, trying to figure out where I went wrong. Why did you just turn away from me?”

I stared at him, stunned. Jared’s biggest issue was his ego. He believed he had made a mistake somewhere, but there were countless things he never even bothered to try. He could never know if they were right or wrong without making an effort.

“Jared, stop making a scene. People can see us out there,” I said, hoping he would get a grip, especially as the boss.

But Jared was too wrapped up in his own thoughts, ignoring everything around him. He was obsessed with finding out why I stopped loving him.

“Why am I not better than him?” Jared demanded, staring at me. “Tell me.”

I didn’t hold back. “Honestly, you have so many shortcomings, and I don’t even know where to start.”

was clearly taken

still holding a grudge, still trying

shot him a cold, uninterested look. “If I wanted to mess around with someone, why wouldn’t I go for Nathan? He’s a lot

at me, as if he were about to

into him, pain shooting through me. I fought

a shameless punk. He just squeezed me tighter, pulling me even closer, like he

owned me, I was going to make sure he saw just how heartless I could be. As I struggled, I couldn’t help but worry that

free. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw someone familiar walking through the door. It was Nathan, holding a

fought even harder, but

everything through the glass window, He stopped dead in his

couldn’t think straight. In a burst

finally snapped him out of it. He loosened his grip, stepped back, and stared at the fresh bite mark

I hoved him

He looked at me, completely bewildered, and then

door, ready to run after Nathan to explain myself. But then I paused, wondering why I was