Housewife Gone Wild

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I stood a little ways off, the early autumn breeze making me shiver. The chill made the fine hairs on my pale skin stand on

end.

It felt like the winds of change were blowing.

The two black Rolls–Royces at the front of the line slowly rolled past me and came to a stop right in front of me.

The window in the backseat rolled down, and Edward‘ face appeared.

He frowned at me from inside the car. “Why are you standing out here alone? Need a ride?”

I glanced over at Melissa, who was still busy handing out business cards not too far away, and quickly replied, “No, thanks. My friend’s here.”

Edward gestured with his phone, and the window rolled back up. The Rolls–Royce sped off.

Melissa came running back, grinning from ear to ear. “Talk about lucky–I just got my face known with the big shots.”

I slid into her car, laughing. “Do you really have to work that hard at it?”

Melissa groaned with a laugh. “Ms. Murphy, you don’t need to bother. You’ve got resources coming out of your ears. Me? Totally different story. If our firm wants to get anywhere, we’ve got to cozy up to the higher–ups. My future’s on the line, so of course I’ve got to hustle.”

had now–it’s like everything just fell into my

traded for, bit by bit, with my feelings. Turns out, playing the game of love is

really

into my head, Edward’s sarcastic words hit me

but you can’t just

fruit, and just sat on the

are you out of your mind? You had Nathan, and you dumped him? Do

Melissa’s words, full of regret for me, I felt a bitter pang in my chest. “Yeah, I guess I’m just never satisfied.

mean you don’t deserve him? You’re both loaded–no money worries, no stress. You can do whatever you want. Even if you don’t get married, you could travel the world together, see all the sights, live life to the fullest. Isn’t

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take on relationships–probably because

some standards, right?” I said with a wry

jumping ship?” Melissa shot me a look of disbelief. “With a guy like

it?”

Melissa couldn’t wrap her head around why my love life was such a rollercoaster, so I had to start from the beginning and fill her in on everything I’d

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dropped. “Victoria, just look at that face of yours–it’s gotten you so many perks! If I had your looks and your figure, I bet I could

the point,”

real point is, the Jennings family helped Nathan, but the catch was