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.”

face stiffened, and he was clearly

you’re still holding a grudge, still trying to

wanted to mess around

me, as if he were about to fall over, and without warning,

against his chest so hard that my forehead slammed into him, pain shooting through me. I fought back, yelling, “Jared, you jerk. Let

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

make sure he saw just how heartless I could be. As I

of the corner of my eye, I saw someone familiar walking through the

lurched, and I fought even harder, but it was already too

seen everything through the glass window, He stopped dead in his

that I couldn’t think straight. In a burst of frustration, I bit Jared hard

him out of it. He loosened his grip, stepped back,

hadn’t held back, so he must’ve been in pain. I hoved him away and

shot Jared a venomous glare. He looked at me, completely bewildered, and then

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