Housewife Gone Wild by Thanddeus Embereley novel Chapter 112

Chapter 112

We walked out to the shade of a tree, and I immediately shook his fingers off my arm. “Come on, spill. How much did you hit up Jared for this time?”

“Not much, really, just a little bit,” Aiden mumbled, noticing my expression darken. “Victoria, please don’t be mad, okay?

“I brought my girlfriend here for a date, and I didn’t want to bother you. Aren’t you supposed to take care of Yvonne?”

I looked at him, knowing he was still pretty innocent. He was a college student with a girlfriend, and of course, he wanted to show her off. I could understand that.

But even so, it stung a little that he didn’t think to contact me first when he came to Hachester.

Jared really had a knack for getting on everyone’s good side. My whole family respected him. He was polite, spent freely, and everyone adored him.

“Victoria, the hotel Jared set us up in is like a hidden paradise. Seriously, it’s gorgeous. Rich people really know how to enjoy life,” Aiden said, looking totally enchanted.

I had a lot of mixed feelings. Aiden was my brother, and he had always been a decent guy. My parents told him to go back to our hometown for work, but instead, he landed a job in Hachester.

After a few years, he quit, claiming the pay was too low to live the life he wanted, then jumped into a small start–up with some friends.

He rode the wave; with Jared opening doors, he pivoted to foreign trade and made real money. By forty–plus, though, success had gone to his head. Wine, women, power, and cash were given to a man, and pride followed.

I had no clue how his life would turn out in this lifetime.

But seeing him now, in his early twenties, so full of life and swagger, I couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.

Without thinking, I reached out and hugged him. Aiden looked totally baffled, and the next second, his face turned red as he pushed me away. “Victoria, seriously, I’m a grown man now. Don’t hug me in front of my girlfriend.”

I grabbed his ear instead, and he immediately put on a pitiful face. “I’m sorry, really. Victoria, next time I come to Hachester, you’ll be the very first person I call, I swear. I won’t break my word.”

“Yeah, right,” I said, laughing despite myself. I let go of his ear and sighed. “It’s fine. Go on inside. I’ll wait here for Jared.”

Aiden happily ran back into the private room.

Not far away, a silver Bentley rolled up, turning heads in the sunlight.

Just then, a breeze drifted by, carrying the moist scent of the lake. My long hair danced lightly around my waist in the wind.

Jared paused for a second, then gave a faint smile. “I’m your husband. This is nothing. You really don’t have to thank me.”

“It’s not a small thing,” I said. “I know I once said you’d only get a 60 out of 100 as a husband, but as a family member, you’d

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Jared raised an eyebrow. “Really?”

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