Accommodating her.

(ARIELLE'S

POV)

I shot Jared a confused look, expecting some sort of explanation, but he just brushed me off.

What the hell? Don't tell me Jared agreed to accommodate Sofia in our home without informing and discussing it with me?

"Agreement?" I repeated, this time, my voice was firmer and demanding. "Tell me, what agreement, Jared."

"Watch your tone, wifey." Jared narrowed his eyes at me before glancing over at Sofia. "We talked about it earlier."

"Talked about what?" My patience was wearing thin. "You can't just invite someone to live here without discussing it with me first. I'm your wife!"

Sofia stood up, her hand still on her stomach. To garner sympathy, I guess. "Jared, tell her," she said, holding his hand. "We agreed that I could stay here until I get back on my feet, and get a place of my own." "Back on your feet?" I exclaimed, incredulous. "You're pregnant Sofia, and not handicapped. You need to be thinking about the future, and not freeloading off us!"

Her face flushed with anger, but Jared jumped in before she could fire back. "Arielle, just listen for a second. Sofia isn't some random person-"

""Well, she is to me!"

"Arielle, stop acting like a child and hear me out!" Jared snapped.

Oh, wow! So, voicing my displeasure now makes me childish?

"Sofia is going through a tough time," Jared continued. "She needs our support."

"Support?" I scoffed. "Our support, you say? How about you rephrase it to, 'your support?' You're not even supporting me, your own wife! How can you just bring someone else into our home without considering my feelings?" Jared sighed, rubbing his temples. "We need to talk about this later. It's been a long day."

"Talk about it later?" I repeated, my voice rising. "You'd better be ready to talk about it now because I'm not letting this slide!"

stormed out of the

I ignored him and kept climbing

against it, my chest heaving with frustration. Jared followed right in, wearing that placating expression that made me want to

take a breath," he

him, unable to rein

again at my question. "What do you mean? I'm

I no longer recognize. You used to dote on me, and prioritize my wellbeing. You never took a decision without my knowledge, but everything changed

she got here. The Arielle I married was calm and collected; now all you

think that's just something I imagined? That's why I ended up in the hospital! And now you want her living here with

around me in a warm hug. "It's okay now. I'm

you?" I cried out. "She

Starting tomorrow, I'll install cameras around the house and

to leave! Finding an apartment doesn't take forever right? How long does she

gasped in shock,

deduction, Sofia is somewhere between five and six months pregnant. Are you insinuating she's going to live with us for approximately seven months?" My voice came out shrill

has a way of triggering

time as your husband, Sofia is annoying. I know that, but she's not evil,

understand

plan was that

own, an idea I wasn't comfortable with. But since your mother suggested it, I had to give in. What changed? Why does she want to

What if something happens in the middle of the night?

a family? I understand she's divorced, but what about her family?

contemplating his next choice of words. "She does," he

why is she not with

parents to retire to a beach in India, where her mother is tending to him

at Jared's words, and for the first time since I had known Sofia, I felt another emotion that

as I wondered what she might be going through. An ailing father, a divorce, being pregnant and alone without her family with her.

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