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.

me, I might’ve broken a bone,” Ciara continued, her voice dripping with

broken bone might as well be a

saved

Alicia stifled a sigh.

but she humored the elderly lady

“As a thank you, you must come to

Alicia politely declined.

won’t

Ward.”

face fell into a

do you hate me

course not,”

refuse me,

was at

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

helped Ciara to the grand entrance—and just as fate would have it,

a tailored suit, he exuded an air of quiet

shorter than usual, making

were far from “clean”—they locked onto Alicia with an intensity that made her feel like prey beneath a predator’s

averted

“Mrs.

should be fine

in with a

“I’m fine, really.

Alicia, who