The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 870:

“Sort of. I punched him and broke his nose.”

Alicia remembered hearing about that incident. She narrowed her eyes and pressed, “Then why is his wife here?”

Caden was open with Alicia and shared freely. “They’re married in name only; there’s no affection between them.”

Benedict married at twenty-five to his college sweetheart after seven years together. Their union was once deemed a beautiful love story, but it ended tragically when his wife died at thirty from an illness. Tragedy struck again when, soon after, his sister was murdered, dying in the hospital alongside her unborn child.

During those dark days, Benedict was on the brink of despair, nearly ending his life. It was then that Yvonne Kelly stepped in to support him. Years later, an incident catalyzed a relationship between Benedict and Yvonne, eventually becoming public. Out of duty, he married her, though it was clear to everyone that it was merely for show.

Alicia looked confused. “You mentioned your uncle deeply loved his first wife, but your cousin seems too old to have been born later.”

and Yvonne never had children together. Lucilla is Yvonne’s

Yvonne married into the Ward family, her unreliable brother often came to ask

two a favor, but once he saw the pattern of never-ending requests, he firmly refused any further help. Yvonne often

brows, deep

you so curious about

yet she brings her niece to Ray’s birthday. Doesn’t

tangled relationships weren’t Alicia’s concern. However, she noticed that Yvonne and Lucilla had been casting peculiar glances her way all day, prompting her desire to

is asking for money again, but my uncle isn’t inclined

Alicia nodded.

faint sobbing from behind