The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 783:

In the hospital room, Alicia was still under the effects of anesthesia from her surgery, lying peacefully unconscious. Only her pale, slender chin was visible beneath the swathes of bandages covering her face.

Caden sat at her bedside, half kneeling. Holding her hand and feeling its warmth brought his fraying nerves some solace. She was still alive. That fact alone was more important than anything else.

Cradling her hand against his cheek, Caden’s eyes dropped, and tears began to escape. He stared at a single tear in wonder. He hadn’t shed tears since his mother passed away. It wasn’t that men don’t cry; they just hadn’t been pushed to their limit—until now.

The soft sound of shifting fabric caught his attention. He looked up to see Alicia’s eyes fluttering open, red and fixed on him.

With Caden’s heart pounding and his voice rough and barely audible, he whispered, “Lucky.”

him she had never seen before, one that made him seem almost unrecognizable. His face was the same, but he was still one she loved deeply. Yet she

between them. It was as if her heart

her, and her eyelids began to

the baby,” she

an hour earlier. The tiny

the fetus instead of disposing of it. By the time Caden saw the tiny body, its form was no longer recognizable, its features blurred. He stood there, stiff as a board, staring

cherished beautiful dreams for it. It was supposed to be safely born, grow healthy, and become the Ward family’s pride and joy. His impulsive

room seemed to spin, Caden grabbed the

I spent, how could you let this

“Mr. Ward, it’s not that we lacked the means. We could have tried

no longer burning with pride or fury but subdued, as if quelled