NovelOnlineJared went quiet again. He glanced around the kitchen, jealousy all over his face. “When | saw you and Nathan
cooking in here just now, | felt really bad.”
| looked at him like he was a freak. “We're divorced. Why would you care who I'm with?”
Jared crossed his arms. “I was jealous.”
I laughed in disbelief. “Jared, you have no right to be jealous anymore. Forget cooking. Even if you saw me
kissing someone, you should keep your cool.”
“I can’t.” He bit his lip. “I want to be blind and numb and just let myself move on, but |
tried.” There was pain in his voice. “I still can’t handle seeing you with another man.”
“So what now?” | turned to him. “From here on out, you're gonna seewith someone else. Aren't you just
setting yourself up to be miserable?”
Jared stared atfor a long moment and then closed his eyes. “You're not the kind of
woman who sleeps around, Victoria. Even after the divorce, | hope you won't hook up with guys just to get back
at me.”
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| had to admit that Jared’s ego was unbelievable. Even now, he was convinced that
whatever was going on between Nathan andwas just to get revenge for his cheating.
“Today, Nathan and | played tennis. I've never felt so relaxed.” | changed the subject.
“Remember when | invited you a few times? You always said you didn’t have tand told
Jared looked at me, surprised. | kept going. “The coach played witha few times. He kept pointing out what |
was doing wrong, like | was sstudent. But Nathan wasn’t like that.”
When | mentioned Nathan, | stopped washing dishes, turned to Jared, and smiled. “He
went easy on me. He's really good, but he adjusted to my level.
“If I hit the ball wrong, he encouraged me. Even if | hit it right at him, he’d cover and ask if my hand hurt.”
Jared's face kept getting darker and darker, | laughed softly. “Now I get it. When someone cares about you, even
if you screw up, they'll keep forgiving you.
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“It's addictive. Oh, and I'm sure you know the feeling. Tracy gave you way more emotional support than | ever
did.”
Jared didn’t say anything, but | could see the irritation in his eyes. “Do you know why Nathan does all this?” Jared
gave a short, cold laugh and tried to keep his voice even.
“I do,” | said calmly. “When a man and a woman spend ttogether, in the end, there's usually only one goal,
right?”
“You know that and still think he cares? Don’t be so naive.” Jared tried to cutdown.
| shrugged. “You're the naive one. Did it ever cross your mind that maybe | want a man’s touch, too? Who's
taking advantage? Who can say for sure?”
“Victoria!” Jared's voice shot up.
Out on the balcony, Yvonne had been playing with her toy cars. She startled and ran in. “Daddy, are you yelling
at Mommy again?”
Jared's face was red now, his chest rising and falling with anger. “Can’t you have a little
shame?”
Yvonne blinked at me. “Mommy, did you make Daddy mad again?”
| motioned for her to go. “Go play. This is betweenand him.”
Yvonne immediately turned to Jared. “Daddy, don’t be mad. You said if you get mad again, Mommy will leave.”
Jared didn’t say a word. | narrowed my eyes at him. | could tell he was trying to plant this idea in our daughter's
head that | might cback anytime.
Then it clicked. The reason Yvonne didn’t care about our divorce was that she believed I'd return to the Holcomb
family sooner or later.
The two had been sticking close toevery day just to reelback in. This shameless man knew exactly how
to work people.
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