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 living room,

I ignored him and kept climbing

to our bedroom and leaned against it, my chest heaving with frustration. Jared followed right in, wearing that placating expression that made

take a breath," he said

unable to rein my anger

at my question. "What do you mean?

and prioritize my wellbeing. You never took a decision without my knowledge, but everything changed the moment Sofia arrived.

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

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 us?" My tears threatened to

he murmured as he wrapped his arms around me in a warm hug. "It's okay now. I'm sorry-I didn't realize how

me do you?" I cried out.

he held me closer. "Listen, let's figure this out together. Starting tomorrow, I'll install cameras around the house

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

in

somewhere between five and six months pregnant. Are you insinuating she's going to live

shock has a way

Arielle. Trust me this time as your husband, Sofia is annoying. I know that, but she's not evil, she has a pure soul,

understand all of

The plan

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

be alone right now. What if something happens in the middle of

she's divorced, but what about her family? They are

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

why is she

family have been away for a while. Her Dad has a heart disease, prompting her parents to retire to a beach in India, where her mother is tending to him with the help of some Indian physicians. She is the only child and has no sibling or relative to go to,

eyes dropped at Jared's words, and for the first time since I had known Sofia, I

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

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