Housewife Gone Wild

Loose 538

About halfway through the movie, my phone rang. I glanced at the screen, and my heart almost jumped out of my chest.

It was Edward. ‘Seriously? Is Edward losing it? I ignored his text and now he’s actually calling me? I thought.

It rang twice before I hung up.

Ryan glanced over at me and asked quietly, “Who was calling?

“Just someone from work,” I said with a smile. “No need to pick up–I’ll deal with it when I’m back in the office.”

Ryan scooted a little closer, grinning. “You sure it’s nothing important?”

“Nope, nothing urgent,” I said.

Ryan didn’t press for more, and the movie was getting to the juiciest part–the whole love triangle was about to be exposed.

The way the movie mirrored real life felt like an invisible thread tugging at my nerves, leaving me totally

tense.

It was a foreign film, and I hadn’t seen it before.

“Vic, who do you think the lead will end up with?” Ryan asked out of the blue.

“No clue. The lead doesn’t even know herself. If she really wants one of them, she should just go all in and love him wholeheartedly, instead of stringing the

chuckled. “Love is strange–you can’t control it. Most people are just swept along, powerless to

was still so young, yet he saw through things with

it comes to feelings, there’s never a

look before

His striking profile only made the masculine lines of his

more.

the shifting light and shadows danced across his face, there was something almost

more I realized I’d really underestimated him. Maybe it was time I finally cut off

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Chapter 538

in mind, when I slipped away to the bathroom, I went ahead and blocked both of

movie ended, the sky outside was

traveling to find what life was really about. She became a volunteer, working with a charity to rescue wild animals and bring a glimmer of hope to kids

soul felt like it was being tugged somewhere far away. But then, with Ryan’s warm presence right beside me, I slowly drifted

tired. I think I’ll take a nap,” I

read for a bit,”

rested my head on his leg and started drifting off,

or just dead tired, but it felt like there were eyes

chest tightened and I snapped awake–turns out Ryan had

sudden movement woke him up. Ryan reached over and gently helped

wash my face.”

with a smile.