Housewife Gone Wild

Ryan texted me a string of helpless emojis. I stared at his profile picture, which was a starry sky, distant and mysterious, and it made me think of his life

experiences.

Since my laptop was right there, I typed Ryan’s name into the search bar. Nothing came up about him, but there was a flood of info on the Jennings family.

That was when it struck me: the Jennings family was a huge deal. I started scrolling through the Jennings family’s history, and some of the coverage I

wasn’t sure was true.

Just then, Ryan’s message popped up: [How long are you planning to stay single?]

I froze for a second and thought maybe I should start taking dating seriously. Ryan had made it pretty clear he was into me. Even if I wanted to play dumb, I couldn’t.

some feelings for him, and I was curious about who he was. I’d never seriously thought about being in

in taking things further with him, I needed to make a clean break and put an

up on me right away. After all, I wasn’t the only girt he could

chase someone else.

someone who had good manners. He’d never get between a couple. That was why just

I wasn’t about to bother him either. Once I wrapped up my work, I hopped in the shower, pampered my skin a bit,

sleep.

glanced at the clock–already eight. It was my day off, so I didn’t have to

be there, I decided to go to the hotel after ten o’clock

some skincare, and I even managed to squeeze in a solid half hour of Englysian study. When I

overhearing Jared talking on Yvonne’s phone didn’t stir up any bad feelings in me at all.

whole new kind of growth. In my previous