Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 381

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I stared at him, my eyes wide with disbelief.

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Jared sounded a little pissed. “Without real power, having a face as stunning as yours is just asking for trouble. I just wanted to protect you, to give you a peaceful home. Was that really so wrong?”

Yeah, right. Like that makes it okay.

I almost let out a string of curse words, but held back. The only reason Jared could say all this so righteously was because he hadn’t even had the chance to cheat on me in this life.

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“Fine, I get it. The world isn’t just black and white, and there’s no absolute right or wrong. You have your reasons. But now, you don’t owe me anything anymore, not even legally. I want to be able to face risks on my own. Thanks for all the ‘protection‘ these years,” I said, the last words coming out through gritted teeth.

Jared stared at me, looking completely thrown off. For a moment, I couldn’t tell if he was pissed or just weighed down by it all.

“Just go. I need to rest,” I said, feeling completely drained.

After a moment of silence, Jared turned and walked away.

I thought he’d head back to Hachester, but to my surprise, he got himself a room at this hotel too–right next door to mine.

on the balcony, I heard his voice through the wall as he talked

mind was a tangled mess, too much stuff swirling around

up at the crack of dawn, grabbed my papers, and left the hotel. I swung by home for a quick shower and a change of clothes, then

all through lunch in meetings, checking out the site, and discussing the next

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flew by when I

said, “Mr. Holcomb’s here. He’s treating the whole company to lunch

“No, he

we book the restaurant, or is someone

“Got it,

business. Even though things got awkward yesterday, it

I reached out to Jared, he said he’d already booked the restaurant and we could just have

had no idea what Jared was playing at. It felt like he just wanted to make his presence

charm a woman, how to create opportunities, and how to

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that, where

he use all his smooth moves

was trying those tricks on me all over

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a bitter laugh, more out of exasperation than amusement. I’d make sure he learned that not every tree is

face, all business at the table, and the

by a few of my ideas, since they drew on things I’d seen and learned during my travels around the world in my