Divorce and Freedom No More Homemaker for Him novel Chapter 850

Chapter 850 Running In Circles

Halle had carried that secret buried deep and never told a soul.

Not long after, the pretty young woman showed up at Benjamin’s side at a company event, introduced as a olleague. Amelia was right there.

Halle assumed Amelia didn’t know. She was wrong. Amelia knew everything, and neither parent cared

Later, Halle discovered Amelia had someone on the side too.

Every time Halle came home and watched her parents perform their happy, loving couple routine, she felt tke she was hallucinating. The whole thing disgusted her.

ake things never lasted. Eventually both parents drifted toward their separate lives, their separate amilies. Those families included half-siblings Halle had never asked for, every last one of them circling ne family money like vultures.

Neither of her parents had ever planned for her future. Even the loving-couple ac: was just muscle

emory from years of protecting shared business interests.

Halle had been fighting for survival since she was a child. If she didn’t, she’d lose her standing, so she ushing forward, kept growing, always with the feeling that there was no one behind her.

Edgar was different. His family was warm, stable, full of love. Because Edgar had grown up with emotior rcurity and gave affection freely, being with him had made Halle feel safe.

she’d truly believed she’d marry him. Because he’d been exactly what she needed.

surprised even her, looking back. She came off as someone who played the field and lived for fun, but hat she’d actually been chasing all along was something steady. Something that made her feel protected.

Between her childhood and the wreck of things with Edgar, Halle had no sense of security in relationships she ever started something new, she’d want someone she could keep fully in hand. A younger guy, the and she could steer.

James was obviously not that.

The next morning, Halle stepped outside for a run and found Lemon parked in front of her gate James

tood nearby in athletic wear.

Halle greeted Lemon and took off jogging through the neighborhood. James fell in behind her at a leisurely pace, Lemon waddling along beside him.

fter one lag

at her shoulder. “Maybe think the marriage thing over a little more.

one pushing middle age with that attitude. No wonder your own love life and stop giving your parents gray hairs. Lock

his skin catching the light in

way that shaved years off

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Chapter 850 Running in Circles

him. You sound exactly like my mother. And since when am I old?”

Halle ignored him. “Lemon can’t keep up.”

Finished

James showed zero sympathy. “Can’t keep up or not, he’s running. All he does is eat. He’s shaped like a balloon. I can’t even take him out in public without feeling embarrassed.”

Halle looked at James changing his tune overnight and actually felt a pang of sympathy for Lemon. Maybe it was the runner’s high, but she couldn’t help laughing. “Lemon would be heartbroken if he understood you.”

“He’s a dog. He doesn’t speak our language.” James waved Lemon forward. “Pick it up! Let’s go!”

Halle watched Lemon’s pudgy little backside jiggle with every labored stride and lost it completely.

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