The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 6:

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Alice's face, pale from the cold, flushed crimson. The humiliation of letting her nemesis see her in such a sorry state stung more than the biting cold rain. She leaned against the car door, trying to put as much distance between them as possible.

Caden's eyes lingered on her legs.

“You have great legs,” he commented nonchalantly. “Joshua seems to like them. And I’m sure a lot of other men do too.”

He bowed his head, fingers drumming quietly on the armrest, the rhythm as maddening as his words.

"In fact, I'd wager that quite a few would find them... irresistible."

A lump formed in Alice's throat and a shiver ran down her spine.

It was pitch black outside, and with the pouring rain, common sense dictated that it was not safe for a woman to be outside alone. However, the way Caden said it made it seem like what was a mere statistical possibility was now a foregone conclusion. What a disgusting jerk!

She hesitated, but her options were limited. With a reluctant sigh, Alicia buckled her seatbelt, pressing herself against the door as if it could somehow protect her from the man sitting next to her.

The soaked dress clung to her like a second layer of skin, the discomfort eating away at her. She couldn't help but hunch her shoulders, shivering in the cold. Without a word, Caden tossed the coat onto her lap. The weight of the coat surprised her, but she quickly wrapped herself in it, grateful for the warmth.

The coat gave off Caden's unique musk, a mix of cologne and something raw, masculine. It clung to the fabric, penetrating her senses and dragging her back to that fateful night…

The familiar voice.

The familiar smell.

Alice's heart sank into the pit of her stomach as she realized. Could it really be him?

Oh, God… It couldn't be!

The ridiculousness of the idea made her shudder again, but she couldn't shake her suspicion. She turned her head stiffly to study him, hoping to find some answer on his face.

Caden, oblivious to her confusion, didn't even look up from his phone.

"Stop looking at me. I'm not interested."

Idiot!

Alice ignored the blow and cleared her throat.

"So, Caden, when did you get back?"

Only then did he look up from his phone.

He looked at her with distant amusement, as if admiring a pretty bird in a cage.

«The 14th.

dropped like a stone, her mind spinning with the weight

The 14th?

day of his

in her chest,

were you

back, a smug smile dancing on his lips as he watched her squirm. He seemed to

remember. I was too busy fucking

Fucking a girl?

her mouth go

but anxiety was eating away at

could ask him further, Caden's phone range, breaking the

replied lazily, looking at her with a raised

are you looking

manager's voice cracked

«A ring».

looked at

heard a word the caller had said, but the look on his face was enough to make

the call ended, Caden's voice

fortune on a bracelet for you?

with a coldness that hid the sting

bought it for his lover,”

out a low, humorless

it? Spending a fortune on a dog

said nothing, but felt a strange satisfaction

her previous doubts and worries

man had been that night. She had used him, and that was that.

Alicia hesitated. She wondered if

and send it to the

be around, gave her

it up, just give me fifty thousand

Hey?

Alice blinked in bewilderment.

thousand? For this

could probably buy something better than this rag with that

hadn't complained while using it. Now, with

wet legs and feet on his coat and handed it back to her with

suggest you invest in a

laughter filled the

Hard? Huh.

night, she had clung

complained about

his throat went dry. He swallowed and lit a cigarette to drown