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.

aside,” she said, her tone

“You’re blocking my path.”

words only deepened Cliff’s suspicions. His

him, and now you’re moving in together? Does that even make

met his gaze with

almost twenty-three, Cliff. I’m legally an adult and old

sharp pang in his chest. Before she had confirmed it, he’d clung to a shred

a known playboy, stirred an uncontrollable worry in Cliff. Could a man like that truly restrain

fiction

this just to spite me? How

was cold and

to say it was to fulfill my wishes. You never took the final step during our countless intimate encounters. I get it.

him like a blow, and his face turned dark with

the door. Laney grabbed her suitcase and walked

her defiance only fueled Cliff’s anger, consuming any thoughts of