NovelGoldChapter 41
| let Jared get in first. As | was about to follow, Nathan reached out above my head, making sure | didn’t hit the
roof of the
car.
“Have a safe drive home,” Nathan said, and his thoughtful gesture made my heart race.
| gave him a pointed look, but Nathan just curved his lips into a smile, waved at me, and closed the door.
Inside the car, Jared pressed his hand to his forehead, clearly feeling the effects of alcohol. “Call Yvonne and see
if she wants to chtonight,” he mumbled, still thinking about what Yvonne wanted even when drunk.
| called Sally, my mother-in-law. It sounded like she was in the middle of a noisy card game. She quickly passed
the phone to Yvonne.
“Mom, are you calling to apologize?” Yvonne asked, sounding way too grown-up for her age. “I'm not ready to
forgive you yet.”
Her aggressive tone made my heart heavy. “Your dad just wants to know if you want to chtonight. If
you do, we'll cpick you up,” | said.
Yvonne huffed. “You don’t even likeanymore, so why should | cback? I'm staying at Grandma’s home.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Alright, it’s your choice,” | said, and then | hung up.
It was all my fault that Yvonne had becso pushy. | had spoiled her, and now she spoke towith no
respect, and | just had to put up with it.
“Yvonne's not coming back?” Jared said with a deep frown.
I nodded. “She’s still mad at me.”
Jared winced like his headache was getting worse. He leaned in close, his presence makingfeel trapped.
“Tomorrow afternoon, buy her something to cheer her up,” Jared murmured, his warm breath sending shivers
down my neck.
“I'm not going to coax her,” | snapped, my temper rising.
Jared paused for a moment and then asked, “Are you really going to stay mad at her forever?”
“If she can’t respectas her mother, then being enemies is an option,” | said, my voice calm and firm.
“Victoria, con. You're a grown woman. Why stoop to her level?” Jared shot back, his gaze heavy.
| met his angry stare and couldn't help but smile. | was getting better at pissing him off. In my previous life, Jared
was always cold and polite, never showing real emotion. Now, it felt like | could get under his skin whenever |
wanted.
“Babe, do you still love me?” | asked softly, meeting his angry eyes.
Jared furrowed his brow, clearly not wanting to get into this.
| lowered my gaze, feeling
disappointed. “They say the best
thing for a childsib(sed Heil dad
Iquethdiy fom. Maybe that's why
Yvonne doesn't respectbecause
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so she’s acting out.”
“I'm not made of stone. If you pushtoo far, I'm going to snap,” | said in a cold voice, looking out the window.
Jared said in a low, mocking tone,
“So why didn’t you JResttere
you just being caitule g, Or are you
Sally thiat patient and even able to
put up with it for six whole years?”
My heart ached at that. Actually, I'd endured thirty years in my previous life. | was practically numb to it.
| was done with this relationship
anyway. | didn't care about walking
on eggshells anymore(ince ated
/ , :
asked, Might as well give him an
answer. ‘I put up with it because |
loved you. But if that love is gone,
you're nothing to me.” The content is
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