The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 174:

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This time, Caden and Alicia only made out once. Afterward, I leaned back against the headboard and dialed Ciara's number. Meanwhile, Alicia silently picked up the phone and started to leave. Caden noticed her movement and looked up.

After a few brief words with Ciara, he ended the call and asked, “Where are you going?”

“Get out,” Alice whispered, nodding subtly toward her phone. “Be careful, or your grandmother might hear you.”

Caden's expression was unreadable as I watched her. “She's in Warrington. That call this morning probably piqued her curiosity,” he muttered, throwing his arms out in frustration. “I've already hung up. No need to be so stealthy. Eat here.”

Alice hesitated, then lay down beside him.

Nervous, she asked, “Is Ciara coming?”

“No,” Caden reassured her. “He's curious, but he knows he should keep his distance.”

Alice snuggled into the blanket, finding comfort at her side. “Why does he care so much if you have a girlfriend? “A guy like you must have a lot of admirers.”

He gently touched her cheek. “She's looking forward to me getting married.”

Alice was surprised, but as her back was turned she couldn't see his expression. After a long pause she finally said, "That makes sense. He's getting older; it's about time he had a great-grandson."

Caden looked at Alicia and noticed her closed eyes. She looked sleepy, but her long eyelashes fluttered from time to time, giving away that she was still awake. He smiled and asked, “How much would you give as a wedding present if I got married?”

Without opening her eyes, Alice answered, "Two hundred dollars."

thirteen hundred? That’s the rate for my first

and she nudged him. Then, looking serious, she said:

you embarrassed?” he asked with a mocking

her face with the blanket, her voice muffled. “I'm going

and lay down beside her, holding her in his arms. For a moment, silence

have someone to marry?” she

arranged someone, but I

murmured, realization dawning on her. Sensing her uneasiness, Caden added, “I’m only

chest, the

Throwing back the blanket, she

darkened, a rare flash of anger crossing his

together, struggling with her emotions. She decided

are you going?” Caden asked, his voice

room,” she replied, her voice firm despite the

icy. “Or do you think you’re somehow interfering with

the new bed

He knew his commitment made her uneasy, even if she refused to

he said coldly. "You don't have to be

serious about marriage, but it still made

you forgotten our agreement?”

does not

him momentarily speechless. He cursed himself inwardly for bringing up the topic of the

steps light and her heart still uneasy. She knew full well that her relationship with Caden was strictly contractual. Yet, in

she could come up with an answer, another thought came to her: Alice, you two will part ways eventually. He is free to be with whomever he