The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 362:

However, she did run into Ciara.

Truth be told, Ciara had timed her arrival to coincide with Alicia’s.

As she approached, she tripped over her own feet, letting out a startled yelp as she lurched forward.

Alicia, reacting instinctively, caught her arm just in time.

“Oh, hey, Alicia!” Ciara exclaimed, her surprise as theatrical as ever.

“I’m getting so old, I can barely see where I’m going.

I didn’t even notice you! What a coincidence.”

Her act was painfully transparent, but Alicia knew better than to call her out on it.

Instead, she forced a polite smile and glanced down at Ciara’s foot.

“Are you alright, Mrs.

Ward? Did you twist your ankle?”

Ciara waved off her concern.

“Oh, just a little twist, nothing serious.”

Despite saying so, she limped dramatically, leaning heavily against Alicia for support.

might’ve broken a bone,”

bone might as well be a

practically saved my life,

Alicia stifled a sigh.

humored the

a thank you, you must come to my

Alicia politely declined.

that won’t be necessary,

Ward.”

fell

me because of

course not,”

refuse me,

at a

down such an offer, especially when Ciara was playing the role of the

Ciara to the grand entrance—and just as fate

suit, he exuded an air of quiet authority, his mere presence commanding the attention

shorter than usual, making him

“clean”—they locked onto Alicia with an intensity that made her feel like

quickly averted

“Mrs.

fine after a bit of rest,”

jumped in with a warm

“I’m fine, really.

Alicia, who saved the