The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 1129:

At that moment, the sound of a key turning in the door echoed through the room. Scarlette’s eyes brightened, and she immediately began crawling toward the door, knowing her father was home. Caden entered and scooped Scarlette up with a smile.

Alicia walked over, pretending to complain. “Scarlette’s become a little rascal. Look at the mess she’s made of the house.”

Caden chuckled, pressing a kiss to Scarlette’s cheek. “I’ll take the afternoon off to stay home with both of you.”

He went to wash his hands, but Alicia noticed something was off. He seemed distracted, using the wrong towel to dry his hands.

asked, concern creeping into her voice. “Why

gaze before responding slowly, “I got a call from Corey’s lawyer today. Apparently, Corey made a will last month. All

looked closely at Caden, trying to read his face.

darkened, and he sighed deeply. “There’s more.” He paused for a moment before finally speaking, his voice barely above

starts

with a simple yet somber request: to bury

for his ashes to be scattered somewhere after cremation. At the time, Alicia had brushed off his words as an emotional outburst, a

he had longed for death for some time. He looked like a shadow of the man he once was. His body was gaunt, his face hollow and sunken, almost unrecognizable. The once-dignified man, who had cared so deeply about appearances, now lay in wrinkled clothes,

rigor mortis. It took some effort to pry them open, and when they did, a small photograph was found crumpled in his palm. It was a two-inch picture of a younger Corey