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."

of understanding

Gerry was hinting at,

and smile. "I'm

screen. After a few seconds of silence, he replied haughtily,

his eyebrow, intrigued. “What do you mean by

his expression unreadable. Just then, a

“Mr. “Ward, Mr. Hopkins, your drinks have arrived.” Behind him followed a number of strikingly attractive

away. Instead,

the girl next to him, pulling her close as she giggled, taking a sip of her drink from him. He leaned back

the girl sitting next to

on her for a moment, cold and distant, as if he were studying her rather than savoring the moment. The girl, unaccustomed to such

in a soft, hopeful tone, “would you like something

flatly, turning his head away as if his presence repulsed

surprised by his sudden change of

about to give up that easily. Clients as wealthy as Caden didn't come along every day, and

don't be so cruel,” she said, moving closer despite her reluctance.

her, an uneasy tone in

up with eager anticipation, nodding quickly, confident that her persistence was paying

open again and Alice stepped in. The air in the private room was filled with emotion as she took

them especially distressed, wiping her eyes with trembling

piqued, her eyes scanning the girl

you harassed her?” he asked, his lips curling

me. It was Caden. “He was the one who bullied her and

naturally shifted to

his sculpted torso, making even the

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

of the surveillance footage flashed through Alicia's mind, those intimate moments when Caden's touch seemed so

use those same skillful hands

a glint of mischief in her eyes as she

softly, a mocking tone in his voice. “Impotent men

head, his gaze locked with

exactly what happened! That girl tried her best to seduce

nearly popped

his mouth twitched, and he

tone quiet and eerie. “There are far more wicked things,

lump