The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 203:

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Alice's stubbornness exceeded Caden's expectations. I have scoffed. “You can't even guarantee your own safety, and yet you worry about trivial things.”

“If I can't live, so be it,” Alice replied, her voice hoarse as she gripped the blanket tightly. “What’s the point of living if I’m always under someone’s control?”

She turned away, unable to stop the tears that burned her cheeks and fell onto her arm. Embarrassed, she pushed him away.

Caden made no move to touch her again, and a heavy silence settled between them.

After a pause, he broke the silence coldly. “Alice, your feelings are too cheap. What do you see in me?”

Alice’s complexion paled. “Perhaps,” she whispered, contemplating her constant emotional turmoil even after a disastrous marriage. She had come to believe that if anything went wrong, it was not the ingredients that were to blame, but the cooks.

In this day and age, wearing your heart on your sleeve was a fool's errand.

“Caden, if you expect me to depend on you, prove that you can handle me,” she said flatly. “If not, it's better that we go our separate ways.”

“If I really tried, could you handle it?” Caden snapped.

“You're just looking for a partner in bed,” she replied. “You have no feelings for me. What's the point of all this talk? Do you even care if I can't stand it?”

Caden's expression darkened, storm clouds gathering in his eyes.

Losing patience, he threw aside the blanket and got out of bed. “You're planning on opening a gallery, aren't you? I've arranged for someone to set it up. As soon as the paperwork is ready, talk to Gerry.”

felt a lump in her throat as

"No."

manage it. I've reaped the benefits these past few months, and that's your compensation,"

with the light,

forget your stupid dog," he added

made his position clear. They were about to become

all traces of their recent history, leaving no

to compose herself and picked up the phone to call the movers. Shortly after,

sat smoking. I watched her

Her days had been filled with shared meals and intimacy, but she had very little to show for her time here. After

determined not to show any vulnerability. Her hands

to maintain her composure, and it only fueled her irritation. He took a deep drag on his

be so bad to stay one more

wave of resentment. “I don't want to get in

downstairs in no time. The driver

a moment, I'll be right there," Alice

was a woman, his tone softened. “Do you need

there's no

in one arm and holding her suitcase in the other, she left

forcefully stubbed out his cigarette, extinguishing the

went out, but the emotional

Resolved, Alicia decided to cut all ties with him. The hotel she had

gratitude and guilt, but they paled in comparison to the

rang at dawn, Alice mechanically turned it off and got up to get ready for the day. She had slept