Housewife Gone Wild

“I don’t want that. I don’t want Mom to go far away. Grandma, please, I’m begging you. Stop picking on Mom.” Yvonne burst into tears.

Sally’s voice was stiff. “Jared, don’t be so pathetic. Do you think forcing her to stay at the company will make her fall for you again? Didn’t she have

someone new last time?”

Jared didn’t say anything. Sally sneered, “She is ruthless. You know she’s got someone new now; why would she ever want you back?”

“Mom, as long as you don’t stir things up, I’ll bring her back,” Jared said, exhausted.

“Come back? I’ve been spreading rumors about her, and she must hate me now! Why would she ever come back?” Sally’s voice shot up. “She’s never

coming back. Quit dreaming.”

“We still have Yvonne.” Jared clung to hope like a lifeline. “She’s Yvonne’s mom. She couldn’t be that cold.”

Suddenly, Yvonne jumped up and dashed upstairs, but then she started crying out loud. “Mom, I fell. My knee hurts so much.”

Hearing that, I felt my mind go blank. It wasn’t until Yvonne cried out that I snapped back to reality. Jared’s words sent a chill down my spine. He’d schemed all along to trap me at the company. He really was cunning.

“Mom, are you still here? Did you hear what Dad and Grandma just said?” Yvonne whispered.

“I heard,” I said.

you,” Yvonne

coolly, “I don’t love him anymore, Yvonne. Does that make you

voice wavered, on the verge of tears. “I wouldn’t dare

over, Yvonne. Human nature is complicated, and you’ll have

Mom, I get it. Gotta go. Dad’s coming upstairs,” Yvonne blurted out and ended the call in

poured half a glass, and leaned back on the couch. My mind was

he’d never find another woman

felt never came back. He said I couldn’t even scheme. It was impossible. I had always been a top student; of course, I knew how to

let any self interest pollute that pure love between us. We did love each other, once. People said never to get blinded by love, tike gamblers who always thought they would

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