Divorce and Freedom No More Homemaker for Him novel Chapter 853

Chapter 853 Know Your Place

Nina was a soft, harmless pudding with no edges at all. On the other hand, Halle was an avant-garde sculpture, all sharp angles and metallic gleam.

One had no bite whatsoever. The other was covered in spikes.

Edgar loved Halle, but he wished she were the pudding. Too bad for him.

“Have you been living here this whole time?” Edgar asked, looking around.

Halle handed him a glass of water. “Yep, Guess you really don’t know much about me.”

Edgar took a sip. “I really don’t. I wouldn’t have guessed you’d go for something like this

She raised an eyebrow. “Sounds like you can’t quite appreciate my taste.”

“I like things more feminine,” He said. “Softer. More feminine.”

Halle smiled. “Everyone’s allowed their preferences.

Edgar watched her, so relaxed, so completely herself. She’d never change to match what he wanted, and that bothered him more than he could explain.

If he told Nina he liked something, she’d adjust overnight without being asked twice.

“Why’d you go quiet again?” Halle asked.

Edgar’s expression soured further. “Who was that guy?”

“James Reagen. My neighbor.”

“Does he have feelings for you?”

“Probably.”

“What do you mean, probably? He obviously does. And you know it. So why are you spending time with him?”

Halle almost laughed. He’d been sleeping with another woman and had a child to show for it, and somehow he had the nerve to interrogate me?

But she didn’t want a fight right now. “First of all, you need to accept that I’m beautiful. I have a great body. and that naturally attracts attention. I’ve been dealing with it my whole life. I can’t cut off every man who becomes interested in me. On top of that, James is my neighbor. His family’s connections are on a level that would terrify you and me both. We live in the same neighborhood, we cross paths constantly, and I can’t afford to make an enemy out of him. So I’m polite. What’s the alternative? Get in his face and tell him to get lost?”

She’d already done exactly that, of course, but Edgar didn’t need to know.

The effortless way Halle dismantled his complaints only reinforced the power imbalance between them.

Chapter 853 Know Your Place

What ate at Edgar wasn’t even a blip on her radar. The way she spoke, it was as if he were the one being unreasonable, throwing a tantrum over nothing.

They’d barely been together for a few minutes, and everything already felt wrong to him.

The anger simmering in his chest was getting harder to contain.

“Can’t you at least think about how I feel?” Edgar’s voice dropped low. “I was standing right there, and you still told him you’d have dinner with him sume other time. Were you trying to get under my skin on purpose?!”

Every word dripped with accusation.

Edgar’s sudden outburst caught Halle off guard. I barely said anything… How is he already angry?

I hadn’t said anything hurtful… Had I?

She talked to her friends this way all the time. Maybe running a company had made her a little more assertive than average, but she hadn’t been attacking him. There was nothing in what she’d said that should’ve landed like a blow.

When she sparred with James, her edge was ten times sharper, and he never got angry. He’d just fire back with his own brand of dry sarcasm and they’d go back and forth. It was entertaining. Fun, even.

Maybe after all these years apart, she and Edgar just couldn’t connect anymore.

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