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.”

uncle and Yvonne never had children

the younger of the two. Since Yvonne married into the Ward family, her unreliable brother often came to ask for money. Caden had

the pattern of never-ending requests,

brows,

you

an eyebrow, Alicia replied, “Yvonne hardly gets along with your family, yet she brings

Yvonne and Lucilla had been casting peculiar glances her way all day, prompting her desire

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

Alicia nodded.

heard faint sobbing from behind a slightly