Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 771

My words caught Edward off guard, and he froze for a moment.

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I said with a bitter smile, “I really want to do well in this part, but maybe I’m just not cut out for it.”

Edward got nervous all of a sudden, squeezing my hand tighter. “I’m sorry. Did I make you feel bad?”

“No, not at all.” I bit my lip. “You’ve been great. It’s on me.”

“Victoria, you’re not… thinking of leaving, are you?” Edward’s mood shifted sharply, and pain and disappointment flashed across his face. “I know asking you to be Nora’s stepmom is unfair to you, and I get that it’s made you unhappy. Just tell me what you want–anything I can do for you, I will.”

‘Edward… I can’t believe he’s lowered himself this much,‘ I thought, stunned by how desperate he sounded.

When Edward looked at me again, his eyes were rimmed with red. “Honestly, I never expected things to end well between us. That day back home, when you said you were heading back to Hachester and I told you we’d never meet again–I really meant it. I was determined to let you go and stay out of your life.”

I blinked, remembering how he’d looked at me with so much hope that day, only for it all to fall apart.

and just like that, we both returned to our own

later, we’d

can’t handle losing you twice… Victoria, just tell me what you want. If it’s not love, maybe

at him in disbelief. Was he really hoping

I never said I was leaving.” I hadn’t expected that just complaining


his eyes rimmed red, tears glimmering as he tried to hold it together, I suddenly realized I

not convinced. “Didn’t you just say

honest–your family’s not like everyone else. With all that money in the Jennings family,

and yours will be just as solid.” Edward had clearly planned

for two years?”

together. “Two years is a long time. So much could happen. I don’t want to gamble

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