Housewife Gone Wild

Loose 499

Chapter 499

Jared’s handsome face froze, like he’d just been slapped across the face. Then he bit his lip. “You want him to be your backup plan?”

I took a breath and nodded. “Why can’t he be?”

The color drained from Jared’s face, inch by inch. I knew exactly what it felt like to be left behind–it hurt like hell.

“Really?” Jared’s eyes turned dark. After a long, heavy silence, he finally looked up at me. “In my previous life, I stumbled through the business world, made a ton of mistakes before I got anywhere, and in the end, it was like trying to catch water with a basket– nothing to show for it. But this time around, Victoria, I know I can make my fortune twice as big as before. Are you sure you don’t want to keep me as your backup plan?”

This jerk, trying to win me over with money again.

Jared’s eyes lit up, bright as a galaxy. “If you don’t want me as your backup, then just treat me like a brick–move me wherever you want. But if you go to Braylin and act like you need the Jennings family for everything, do you really think they’ll respect you?”

I was caught off guard. This bastard actually made sense, and it was exactly what I’d been worried about.

build your own business, and make it even bigger, the Jennings family

have to worry about you suddenly getting pregnant just to climb the ranks. Of course, if you really do

backup, but you’ll have to give him a son first,” Jared said, his long lashes casting deep shadows over his eyes. “I’ve never been your

his face like a brooding ghost, and my heart

for a

life, when I didn’t want it

won’t be quitting just yet, Jared,” I finally said after thinking it

up with hope as he looked

business over trying to win favor with

for his glasses and put them on’slowly, his voice softer and lower than ever. “Alright. If

gaze and gave a small

tense fingers

just couldn’t figure

real? Or was it just a dreamt couldn’t wake up

my thigh hard, the sting of pain