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.”

her pupils lifeless. This was a side of him she had never seen before, one that made him seem almost unrecognizable. His

hollow silence between them. It was as if

and her eyelids began to droop

check on the baby,”

mouth agape but silent. Their child had been delivered just an hour earlier. The tiny form, immersed in blood, had a heartbeat but was no larger

preserved 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

and become the Ward

spin, Caden grabbed the doctor by the

how could you let this happen?

that we lacked the means. We could have tried to save a two-month-old fetus in an incubator.

wild, no longer burning with pride or fury but subdued, as if quelled by an inner demon. He was completely consumed by his