The Unwanted Wife's Unexpected Comeback
ua, so she ignored his question and asked
e". Irritation flickere
ing his will, and if word gets out about my divorce, it'll ruin my standing.
family was throwing a wel
so, it'd lift the spirits of J
de of a happy marriage was the
urtly. "Just get the divorce fin
Stop pretending. You hid the ring because you don't actually want t
ard these past two years. Even if we divorce, I'll
ened, disbelief t
the
ar to be wi
back, "Oh, Mr. Yates, how could I possibly make you happy? Don't worry, I'll return the ring-wouldn't
asn't fazed
l, convinced this was just ano
g at her. "We've got guests today. Dress
ss times she had visited the mansion dressed in modest, unassuming c
part of a dutiful wife. After slipping into the outfit, she carefully applied a touch
d her smooth skin and delicate fea
the staircase, he froze for a
ged Alicia's graceful curves, making
her cheeks, as though she had just ha
ion?
t tightened i
ho else could've slept with
th slipped into their familiar roles, masking
h Joshua's, their movements synchroni
one, the grand hall bustled with life, r
reason, as soon as Alicia crossed the thre
immediately drawn to the figure loungi
gh to reveal a sliver of his collarbone, the
thoritative stare that pinned her in place- her mi
meanor, his brows furrowing as he
throat. One word escaped her
chill down her spine. To her, Caden
ship, their paths first cross
red to her school, and from that moment,
w late she stayed up studying, Caden was always a step ahead. He would outscore her by the
cepted defeat, settled in
ot Al
ffocating weight of living up to her family name. Excellence wasn't just a
audacity to snatch away everything she'd work
from the very beginning, and Alicia, stu
h openly and in the shadows, and their final showdown took place in
than perfection. And she achieved it, having garnered a perfect score. But Caden, ever the serpent, had
w came from her father, Phil Bennett. Over the phone,
nothing. She waited for his anger to ebb, then aske
er solace. She comforted Alicia that day, p
ushing back from Itrubisite to attend the g
d crumbled, left an orph
d Caden again. Afterward, Caden left Wa
.
le. Alicia cast him a sidelong glance as he continued, "With a family em
furrowed
ost would kill for. But Caden had accumulated his ow
care about the
ven if he didn't care about the fortune itself, he'd figh
stirring chaos purely
r, and even now, the thought of giving him so much as a gl
"I know you two don't get along," he said. "But he's s
e immediately tried to pull her hand fr
pened. "Alicia, be
fusing to go in. Just let go of me first. I
a's face, and instead of releasing her, he in
r tongue, sil
lifted, his eyes narrowing in a la
ne strained, meeting his brothe
entwined hands, a smirk tuggin
indifferently, as though h