Housewife Gone Wild

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Edward looked tired, rubbing his brow. “She gave me two conditions last night.”

“What conditions?” I asked, surprised but not really caught off guard.

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Edward looked at me, sympathy and guilt written all over his face. “Let’s not get into it right now. Those are just her terms, not mine.”

“I want to know,” I pressed. Nora grew up in a family like hers–you can’t just brush off what she says as childish.

“It’s better if you don’t know. I don’t want you getting hurt,” Edward said, still refusing to tell me.

I threw off the covers and stepped in front of him, stopping him from leaving. “You promised we’d always talk about things right away, remember?”

Edward gave me a helpless look, his expression shifting. “Nora said we can’t get married, but we can stay together for the long haul. And if you have a child, the kid would only get a third of my inheritance.”

I was stunned. ‘No marriage, but she wants me to have a kid? She basically wants my child to have no name, no status,‘ I thought.

“Edward, she’s clever, but I can’t accept either of those,” I said, my voice firm. “We got together because we wanted to, no one forced anyone, no one got hurt. We met as single people, and if I have to put up with these random rules just to get married, that’s not fair to me.”

terms,” Edward

I nodded. “Yeah.”

for a while and maybe get some more

go back to sleep, scared the nightmares

lounging on the couch. The

the landline

picked up, then came over looking a bit surprised.

caught me off guard. ‘Wait, someone’s actually calling

and

a bit manic. “So, you eally are

called just to see if I was here?” I replied, my tone dripping with sarcasm.

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behavior lately was getting

kind of pestering

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huh? What, is he afraid someone else might snatch you up?”

me and him. It’s none of your

or are you just after his

with that?” I

a few seconds. “I really regret