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 living

called after me, but I ignored him and kept

it, my chest heaving with

take a breath," he

unable to rein my anger in.

my question. "What do you mean?

husband I no longer recognize. You used to dote on me, and prioritize my wellbeing. You never took

voice rising slightly. "You've changed too since she got here.

me down the stairs-do you think that's just something I imagined? That's why I ended up in the hospital! And now

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

do you?" I

tomorrow, I'll install cameras around the house and hire more help to keep you safe.

through all that trouble? Just tell her to leave! Finding an apartment doesn't take forever right? How

gasped in shock,

and six months pregnant. Are you insinuating she's going to live with us for

has a way of triggering

is annoying. I know that, but she's not evil, she has a pure soul, you just have to get to know

understand all of

plan

at the penthouse until she got a place of her own, an idea I wasn't comfortable with. But since your mother suggested it, I had to give in. What changed? Why does she

insisted. "She can't be alone right now. What if something happens in the middle of the night? She needs people

she have a family? I understand she's divorced, but what about her family? They are people she should be with and not you, not

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

is she

is tending to him with the help of some Indian physicians. She is the only child and

Jared's words, and for the first time since I had known Sofia, I felt another emotion that was not anger towards

father, a divorce, being pregnant and alone without her family with her. I had to admit, that was a lot for

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