The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 74:

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Caden despaired of drinking hot water, but his throat was too uncomfortable to care for. It quickly became dry again.

He signaled to a waiter, asking for another glass of water.

Meanwhile, Alicia hadn't found a chance to get close to Rachel, so she stood off to the side, idly passing the time. When Caden approached, she didn't move. Instead, she gave him a polite smile. “Mr. Ward.”

Caden, just as insincerely, replied, “Miss Bennett.” An awkward silence followed.

Alice glanced at him.

The room was packed with people, but Caden's striking appearance still caught everyone's attention. His face looked pale due to his illness, but that didn't make him look weak. If anything, it made him even more captivating.

Their eyes met briefly, and their expression was distant. They weren't too close, nor too far, but his gaze lacked warmth, as if they were nothing more than strangers.

It was totally different from the passion he had shown the night before.

Alice felt a wave of uneasiness wash over her. She glanced around the room to calm herself and decided to go to a nearby table to have some dessert.

At that moment, a familiar figure appeared beside her. Before she could reach for the cake, Caden's hand quickly intervened and grabbed it instead.

She paused for a moment, turned to him and asked, “Why do you eat sweets when you have a cold?” Her tone was more annoyed than concerned.

Her irritation only seemed to encourage Caden. He calmly took a bite of the cake and said, “Why shouldn't I eat it?”

She instinctively replied, “Eating sweets when you're sick can cause inflammation. “You don’t want to end up with a high fever.”

Caden stared at her.

Feeling uncomfortable under her gaze, she added, "I'm not showing concern. I'm just making an observation."

Caden didn't respond. Instead, he tossed the untouched cake into the trash can.

action made Alice feel uncomfortable. She didn't understand why

wiping his hands, Caden commented coldly, “It

dessert had been excessively sweet, and

behavior was not due to her following his advice: she had never listened to it in

wash the sugary taste from his mouth, then turned to her and asked, “Since sweets are off the

up a biscuit and looked at him curiously. “Do you really need

can’t

in surprise. “And why

all, she wasn't

that it was your fault that I caught this cold?” Caden

her trap, she muttered defensively, "You were the one who

around nervously, worried that someone might hear them. People

that his conversation was not loud enough for others

he said, “I doubt one kiss could make

moved closer to her, reaching out to take the cookie from her plate. Their

Caden was taking

right?” Caden played with the cookie in his hand, his eyes fixed on her increasingly flushed face. “And it

would say something even more

him off. “Please

so her protest came out more like

with satisfaction, like a cat playing

then, a man approached

greeted politely. “It really is you! I thought I was

Caden effortlessly switched to a

from the side, Alice couldn't help but admire the ease with which

Caden his business card and left with a polite

the opportunity to escape, Alice tried

her way, blocking her exit with his

looked at him, feeling

difficult to deal with, she realized that confronting him directly would not work. She

finally agreed. “I’ll get you