The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 102:

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Mrs. Reyes let out a shrill scream.

She spent no time fixing her smudged makeup and immediately rushed to help her son, Ted, who was sprawled across the soft grass.

Her breathing hitched as she knelt beside him, her hands quickly but gently feeling for any signs of injury. “Are you okay?”

The grass beneath him was more forgiving than anything else, but Ted's flushed face was a storm of anger. His round cheeks, red from embarrassment or frustration, puffed out as he glared at Alicia. “It's all your fault, you stupid girl!”

Alicia blinked, her eyes widening slightly at the outburst. Ted was only eight, face still chubby, brow still furrowed, but the sharpness of his words stung.

Mrs. Reyes, who had already pulled Ted to his feet, turned to Alicia with a hard look.

"Alicia, if anything happens to Ted today, I won't let you go so easily," he said, his voice warning.

Alice responded to the boy's gaze with a slight smile, not of amusement, but of complicity.

He understood that such petty disputes as that could spiral out of control if given the chance.

Instead of fanning the flames, he turned his gaze to Rachel, the host of the meeting.

“Mrs. Gray,” Alice began softly, her tone deliberately calm, “surely you can tell me… have I done anything wrong here?”

Rachel, ever serene, let out a soft sigh, her expression one of gentle reproach.

“Miss Bennett,” he said, his voice lilting like the wind brushing through the trees, “why argue with a little girl?”

Alicia hesitated, her smile hardening as Rachel walked past her, reaching out to smooth Ted's tousled hair with motherly tenderness.

“I was just messing with you,” Rachel continued lightly. “Why didn't you just play along? Do you really think a child could hurt you?”

Alice's smile disappeared, replaced by a shadow of disappointment that crossed her features.

She studied Raquel for a moment, waiting for some flash of understanding, but Raquel's attention had already wandered elsewhere.

invited Ted to

to join the others, gave Alice a devilish grin

tension with a gentle pat on

let something so insignificant dampen your spirits, okay? The girl didn't mean anything by

soft but firm.

could see that Rachel was the one who had gotten caught in this

aloof attitude, in Rachel's eyes, was nothing but arrogance. They were from different worlds, after all. Alicia was beneath her in every way. Even after Alicia humiliated Randolph, Rachel had let

air began to

making her look like a soaked rat. Rachel,

her teeth. “No wonder no man wants her. With that attitude, she deserves everything that comes her

fingers working skillfully on Mrs. Reyes’ face. “Do you want to teach her a

eyes as she caught the insinuation in Rachel’s tone. She was not alone in

But

before dinner, Rachel set up a

as if the previous dispute had never happened. With a warm smile, Rachel invited her. “Mrs.

the trap, having

at the table, there was no way

coldly, not wanting

Mrs. Reyes can teach you. It’s just a

silent, sighing

Good.

why older men often complained about being forced to do things they didn't want

against a force that left her no easy way

and it was

at her watch. Was Caden coming

almost predatory. "What's wrong, Mrs. Bennett?

met the challenge. "Mrs. Reyes, how much do you want

with satisfaction. “Not much. Just three

corners of Alice's lips twitched. Three thousand

rules of the table: one bad round and you could lose tens of thousands in an instant. And

her laughter laced with cruelty. “What's wrong, Mrs. Bennett? Is it too much for you? I thought Mr. Yates would have left

voice firm. "Then you must teach me how

“Oh, no problem.