The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 911:

His composed response left Alicia at a loss for words. This wasn’t the fiery, impulsive man she once knew. His maturity was unsettling, even unnerving. Could two years really change someone this drastically?

Alicia watched him pack up the ingredients he had been preparing. Her chest tightened. “What are you doing?”

Caden’s tone was calm but distant. “I’m too upset to eat. No dinner tonight.”

Alicia scrambled to find the right words. “Then should I not eat either?”

“Didn’t you text me earlier saying you’d already eaten?” Caden replied evenly.

Her casual lie from earlier came back to bite her, leaving her flustered. “I… I was talking nonsense. Why did you still come when I told you not to?”

right. I shouldn’t have come.” He dried his hands and added

stumbled out. “Don’t say that. You know better than anyone what kind of person

unyielding. “Are you stopping

is your

course!” Alicia replied

closer, his voice low and steady. “Then tell me, what status do I hold that makes you care so much about my

ready to give. He wanted to erase the foolishness of their past and jump straight to claiming her

away, her voice barely above a whisper. “It doesn’t matter what status you have. I just want to tell you there’s nothing between Corey and me. If it were anyone else here today, I would explain it just

erupted from the bedroom as

see Corey sauntering out, freshly showered, casually wrapped in a towel with water dripping

did you call me? Wasn’t I—” Corey’s voice faltered when he seemed to finally notice Caden standing there. His lips curved into a smirk as he

and strolled toward Caden with infuriating ease. “If you were planning to drop by,