The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 1262:

Cliff’s voice broke the silence, low and sharp.

“Was Merrick in our house?”

The word ‘our’ hit Laney like a stone, sending an unwelcome ripple through her chest. Our house? No, it wasn’t hers. This house belonged to the Hopkins family—a place she had never truly felt was home. While she was grateful to Madison for treating her kindly, she knew her time here was over.

Laney’s hands stilled, but she didn’t meet his gaze.

“He came to help me.”

“To help you with what?” Cliff demanded, his voice sharp now.

“Leaving? Moving in with him?”

Laney didn’t respond immediately. Instead, she glanced at his hand.

her

“You’re blocking my path.”

words only deepened Cliff’s suspicions. His

moving in together? Does that even make

met his gaze with steady

an adult and old enough to get married. Why shouldn’t I live

had confirmed it, he’d clung to a shred

of Merrick, a known playboy, stirred an uncontrollable worry in Cliff. Could a man like

fiction on

doing this just to spite me? How can you degrade

laugh was cold

countless intimate encounters. I get it. You wanted me to save my first time for someone else, didn’t you? Well, now that I’m with someone else, you don’t have to worry about me being a burden. What else

like a blow, and his face turned dark with anger. When he didn’t respond, Laney shoved him away with

stumbled, leaving her a clear path to the door. Laney grabbed her suitcase and walked out with a determination he’d never

Cliff’s anger, consuming