<b>Chapter </b><b>195 </b>


    My parents‘ faces went ghostly pale, I’d married into a way better family with Jard. All these years, we never even argued, and he always treated <b>my </b>folks like royalty. Every holiday, he’d go all out with gifts. My parents adored him.


    Sally jumped into break the tension, shooting Quinn a look and saying, “Can you just pip it for once! Don’t make things worse. Victoria, 1 cabed parents over, but it’s not because I’m trying to break you two up, so don’t overthink it.


    rand Jored. Yvonne’s already grown, and you’re both adults. Divorce in’t


    “We just want everyone to sit down and talk things through about you a something you just do on a whim.”


    Jared tumed his face away, with a hint of frustration in his voice. “Mom, didn’t I say we should handle this ourselves? You’re just muking things harder for


    Victoria


    I finally put the pieces together Turned out, Sally was the one who called my parents, not Jared,


    My mom finally spoke up, unable to hide her Instration any longer, “victoria, whatever you’re feeling right now, your dad and I just want <b>you </b>and Jared to work things out is there really any hurdle you two can’t get over?”


    Jared immediately looked guilty and said. “Mom, Dad, this is all on me. I got involved with a female executive at work, and it broke Victoria’s heart.”


    My parents” faces went stiff. They were clearly hearing this for the first <b>time</b>,


    Sally looked <b>a </b>bit uneasy and let out an awkwardugh. “<b>You </b>know, sometimes adults let their minds wander a little. It’s really not that big of a deal There’s no need to make a huge <b>fuss </b>over it.”


    My parents exchanged nces, clearly starting to reassess the whole situation,


    I always figured I <b>was </b>pretty lucky. My <b>parents </b>were never old–school or stubborn. If Jared were the one at fault, they’d totally have my back if I wanted a


    divorce.


    When I married up into the Hob family, they were against it Jared and I came from different worlds, and they thought life wouldn’t be easy for me


    there.


    But in the end, they just couldn’t talk me out of it. I was crazy about Jared, and he was perfect in every way. That was how they finally <b>gave </b>us their blessing. Now, the look in my parents” eyes basically screamed, “Told you so.”


    Jared’s face went stiff, clearly noticing my parents‘ change in mood. He cleared his throat. “She’s not working at thepany anymore. I won’t be seeing her. There was nothing real between us. It was just mutual admiration.”


    I sat there toning. At least Jared was man enough to admit it. He didn’t cheat this time around, but in my previous life, I literally died pissed off in that hospital bed. No way he was innocent back then.


    My dad finally broke the silence, his tone serious. “Jared, we aren’t going to interfere. This is between the two of you. Whether you want to get or try to work things out, that’s for you both to decide”


    <b>t </b>divorced


    My mom’s eyes were full of sympathy as she looked at me. She said, “Victoria is our <b>daughter</b>. If she did anything wrong, maybe that’s on us as her parents. But if she’s done nothing wrong, we don’t <b>want </b>her to be hurt.”


    When I walked in, I was bracing myself for <b>a </b>battle. But with my parents showing me such unwavering support and unconditional love, I couldn’t hold it together anymore. Tears started streaming down my face, unstoppable.


    <b>Jared </b>and Sally were <b>visibly </b>stunned, their faces frozen in disbelief. They never saw iting that my parents would stand firmly humy side