The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 391:

Ciara expressed her concern for Ray.

“He’s quite thin.

It was freezing outside, yet he was only in a T-shirt and shorts.

He must have been so cold.”

Just as Caden was about to head upstairs to see for himself, Ciara stopped him.

“I forgot to mention, Alicia baked some pastries.

I’ve set aside a few pieces for you.”

Caden’s heart raced when he heard they were pastries made by Alicia.

He was so fond of her cooking.

Alicia’s culinary skills were as appealing to look at, and as delightful in aroma and taste, as she was herself.

The dishes she prepared always carried a certain allure.

He found the memory of their flavors irresistible.

He was so engrossed in the thought of tasting them that he missed the knowing look in Ciara’s eyes.

The pastries featured two of Caden’s favorite flavors.

earnestly, “Alicia really

of this,

“How so?”

were eight pastries

them were Caden’s two favorite flavors, and the other four were uniquely

coincidence, or

Caden grinned.

deliciously in his mouth, but it was his

as he

“Are you full?”

hands, then realized he might

“A little.”

Ciara laughed gently.

stop when you’re about

lunch, and now you’ve eaten

no, you kept eating as if you were worried they’d disappear.” She concluded, “Caden, you’re

mouth, allowing himself a

“I guess so.”

Ciara’s face lit up.

you thinking of

Caden didn’t respond definitively.

she agrees,

that Ray was afraid

she didn’t understand why, she avoided mentioning the police and

intently, his look earnest and questioning, as if wondering why she was