Chapter 151
Chapter 151
As | looked at Jared, my mood tanked. Sure, he had been acting better lately, but just thinking about all that
shady stuff with Tracy made ina sick Le wweet word from him just tasted like poison.
Jared frowned a little, “Weren't we supposed to see the real estate agent? Why didn’t you pick up? Did you
change your mind?”
“Of course not
ot” | blurted out. “Let's do it next week, I'll just pick the layout online,”
Seeing that | was finally taking him seriously, Jared smiled. “Wright”
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On the drive back, Jaied grow noticeably quieter. | knew the pressure from work was weighing on him. He was
always in a rush to hit it big
However, that was his thing, not mine. It had nothing to do with me. In his previous life, he had earned a fortune,
yet he spent so little on me.
What he had spent ondidn’t even amount to a fifth of what he had freely handed to the Darwin family. Every
ounce of his grind now was for Tracy and her family. | saw no reason to pity him...
By the twe returned to Hachester, night had already fallen. Summer was just around the corner, and
Yvonne's vacation was coming up
When we got back, Jared said he missed Yvonne and asked if | wanted to have dinner at Sally's house.
| was tired, so | said no. He went by himself.
A little after ten, Jared cback with Yvonne fast asleep in his arms. He put her in her room, then, noticing |
still hadn't shown up, knocked on my door.
| was lying back in the rocking chair by the floor-to-ceiling window, a face mask on. Jared said, his voice low.
“Yvonne is home. Don’t you want to see
her?
“What's the point?” | said Matly.
“Victoria, you
don’t act like a mom.” Jared was clearly mad. He walked over, looking down at me. “Yvonne is under seven, How
can you treat her like this? Who are you really angry at, her or me?”
| looked at him in silence, Jared had never lived through what | had, so he couldn't possibly understand my grief,
| understood that. The problem was, love couldn't be faked.
Jared's face tightened with disappointment, like a silent judgment. “Victoria, | let you do things your way, but
you're still a mom. Don’t forget that.” Jared might indulgein other matters, but when it cto Yvonne, he
never backed down.
Maybe it was the warmth of the family life | had once created that had drawn him in so deeply. Losing that just lit
the fuse on his anger
| stayed silent, unsure of what | could possibly say.
Jared turned away and paused at the door. “Yvonne doesn’t need you to be her mom. If you don’t want her,
someone out there will take your place.”
My heart skipped a beat. | slowly sat up, feeling like things were starting to play out exactly like they had before.
This time, | was the one giving him and Yvonne, handing Tracy the chance she wanted, in my previous life, she
had pushedinto a comer until i had no fight left, and just let them go
and left.
Humiliation and fury surged within me. | said, “Sure. If you've got a better option, go for it.”