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!"

with that, I stormed out of the

him and kept climbing the stairs,

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

just take a breath," he

swirled to face him, unable to rein

question. "What do you mean? I'm

and prioritize my wellbeing. You never took a decision without my knowledge, but everything

said, his voice rising slightly. "You've changed too since she got here. The Arielle I married

because my marriage is under threat! Sofia is a nuisance who needs to go. She pushed me down the stairs-do you think that's just something I imagined? That's why I ended up

okay love," he murmured as he wrapped his arms around me in a warm hug. "It's okay now.

don't believe me do you?" I cried out. "She wanted to

tomorrow, I'll install cameras around the house and hire more help to

all that trouble? Just tell her to leave! Finding an apartment doesn't take forever right? How long does she plan on crashing

gasped in

and six months pregnant. Are you insinuating she's going to live with us for approximately seven months?" My voice came out shrill and louder than I

shock has a

I know that, but

me to understand all of

plan

a place of her own, an idea I wasn't comfortable with. But since your

something happens in the middle of the night? She

her family? They are

as if contemplating his next choice of words. "She

why is she

a while. Her Dad has a heart disease, prompting her parents to retire to a beach in India, where her mother is tending to

the first time since I had known Sofia, I felt another emotion that was not

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

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