The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 40:

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Alice had also begun to notice that someone had been discreetly helping her behind the scenes.

His first instinct was to call Monica.

When Monica answered, she sounded frustrated. “I hired trolls to trash Lilliana online,” she admitted. “But I don't have the money to censor searches. Those things cost a fortune, and my dad blocked my credit card. “I’m sick of him.”

Alicia thought about Monica's words, and only one other person came to mind: Gerry.

Without delay, he called him, and his suspicions were confirmed.

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Alice said quietly, “It's just gossip, people talking behind my back. It's not like they're physically harming me. You really didn’t need to waste your money on this…”

Gerry, comfortably lying down, put her on speakerphone but didn't answer right away. Instead, he looked at Caden, who was sitting across from him.

Caden, his long legs crossed casually, had his eyes glued to his phone, scrolling mindlessly. He gave no sign of joining the conversation.

Undeterred, Gerry turned his attention back to Alicia. “I didn't spend that much,” he finally replied. “The real help came from another big shot.”

Alice frowned, confused. “Who is this mysterious benefactor?”

Once again, Gerry's gaze shifted to Caden, but he didn't reveal the answer right away, instead choosing to mock her.

“Are you free?” he asked, smoothly moving on to another topic. “Come on. “We can chat, have some fun, and I’ll introduce you to this ‘big fish.’”

Alice took the hint immediately.

She had always had a good working relationship with Gerry, and now that she was in a bind, he was helping her out by offering her the chance to meet someone powerful. That was how things worked: mutual benefits, carefully cultivated relationships.

"What's that big fish like?" she asked. "I'd like to give him something."

Hearing this, Gerry's eyes sparkled with mischief. "He's… well, let's just say he's not as strong as he used to be. Maybe you could get him some Viagra."

Alice was momentarily speechless, and then replied with dry humor: 'Mr Hopkins, do you happen to have any shady side business?'

Gerry couldn't help but laugh. "If they ever come to an agreement, it will be a miracle."

flash of understanding flashed in Alice's

Gerry was hinting

and smile. "I'm really curious, Caden. Why did you

the screen. After a few seconds of silence, he replied haughtily, “It's not help. Consider it a

intrigued. “What

then, a light knock on the door interrupted

Hopkins, your drinks have arrived.” Behind him followed a number of strikingly attractive women, all of them

right away. Instead, they slid gracefully

of the girl next to him, pulling her close as she giggled, taking a

didn't even acknowledge the

rather than savoring the moment. The girl, unaccustomed

a soft, hopeful tone, “would

irritation. “No need,” he said flatly, turning his head away as if his presence repulsed him. “And

clearly surprised by

easily. Clients as wealthy as Caden

closer despite her reluctance. “Tell me what you like, I can do anything to please

looked back at her, an uneasy tone in his

nodding quickly, confident that her persistence was paying

stepped in. The air in the private room was filled

one of them especially distressed, wiping her eyes with

piqued, her eyes scanning the girl before settling on

he asked, his lips

“He was the one who bullied her and

eyes naturally shifted

clung to his sculpted

alone radiated a charm that was hard to resist. Despite his coldness, he had an inexplicable magnetism that attracted

mind, those intimate moments when Caden's touch seemed so matter-of-fact, so devastatingly skilled. A strange

he use those same skillful

mischief in her eyes as

his voice. “Impotent men tend to

gaze locked with his eyes, his

exactly what happened! That girl tried her best to seduce him, and what did Caden

popped out of

his mouth twitched, and he grumbled, “That’s…

tone quiet and eerie. “There are far more wicked things, Miss Bennett. “Perhaps next time I’ll

a lump in