The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 1230:

“It hurts when I touch it.”

He couldn’t fathom why he had lied. He knew once she softened, she would gravitate back toward him.

Laney sat up, her fingers dipping into the ointment, and tenderly applied it to his wound.

The cool, acrid scent of the ointment filled the air around them.

Cliff observed her reddened eyes and nose, thought of her crying in secret, and felt a pang in his heart.

“Laney, let’s revert to how things were,” he proposed, his voice deep and resonant.

“Back to three years ago, before you had feelings for me. Being involved with me invites numerous challenges and rumors. I can’t stand to see you suffer because of them.”

Laney paused.

“Is it really my suffering you can’t bear, or is it that you can’t bring yourself to love me?”

together, and he remained

a knock sounded at

there?” Juliet’s

to reality, her heart sinking. The realization that Juliet was staying over

exchange with Laney, he

Juliet, now draped in Cliff’s black shirt — a sight that made Laney’s

latest

the pain and burrowed under the

Cliff’s jaw tightened at Juliet’s brazen choice of attire, he held his tongue in Laney’s presence

Juliet chuckled.

in here. Did

my clothes?” Cliff’s words came

“Go change.”

here. What did you expect after my shower?

someone bring you proper clothes,” Cliff replied, reaching for his phone

your cousin to give up her foolish dreams,