The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 715:

Without a word, he removed his jacket and draped it gently around her shoulders. Alicia’s eyes shut tightly, and the tears she had held back for what seemed like an eternity began to fall, tracing silent paths down her cheeks. She leaned into him, her fragile frame finding solace in the erratic rhythm of his heart.

“I’m taking you to the hospital,” Caden said, his voice hoarse and detached, though his eyes betrayed the storm raging within.

“I’ll deal with the reporters,” Alicia said, her voice trembling as she struggled to form the words, desperation making her breathless.

“Nothing happened.”

Caden paused, his jaw tightening as her words hung in the air.

“Caden, I wasn’t violated,” she insisted, her voice breaking as she looked up at him.

“Do you believe me?”

her hair back, revealing the red, swollen mark on her cheek. His expression hardened, a dangerous edge sharpening his tone as he

dry, humorless laugh,

it Benedict?” he guessed, his voice devoid of

himself and reached for his phone, dialing

said,

clutched at his hand, her red, tear-filled eyes pleading with him to understand. A thousand words fought to escape her throat, but all she could manage

Caden said quietly, his voice softening as his

at him, stunned, as tears streamed down her cheeks, the weight of despair

she

into the room, her face a mixture of worry and

said, her tone crisp but

around Alicia, carefully buttoning it to

Ms. Bennett to the hospital,” he

“I’ll join you soon.”