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.

knelt down and gently invited Ted to

before running off to join the others, gave Alice a devilish

playing peacemaker, dispelled the tension with a gentle pat

so insignificant dampen your spirits, okay? The

removed her hand, her voice soft but firm. “If you say so,

Alice had felt a pang of pity for Rachel, but now, she could see that

from different worlds, after all. Alicia was beneath her in every way. Even after Alicia humiliated Randolph,

the tension in the air began to dissipate as

Mrs. Reyes' makeup was running down her face, making her look like a soaked rat.

no man wants her. With that attitude,

Reyes’ face. “Do

caught the insinuation in Rachel’s

But unlike her, we won't stoop to crude

kill before dinner, Rachel set up a few tables for card games,

the previous dispute had never happened. With a

the trap,

the table, there was no way she

wanting to

delight. “Perfect! Mrs. Reyes can teach

silent,

Good.

to do things they didn't want to, because she was in their

powerless against a force that left

minutes passed and it was

her watch. Was

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

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

satisfaction. “Not much. Just three thousand

corners of Alice's lips twitched. Three thousand dollars? She

the table: one bad round and you could lose tens of thousands in an

wrong, Mrs. Bennett? Is it too much for you? I

remained cold, her voice firm. "Then you must teach me how to

a mocking smile. “Oh, no problem.