The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 1266:

Cliff detected the bite in Gerry’s words but chose to embrace the silence. He stared through the window, his gaze hollow yet searching, as if trying to grasp at something just out of reach.

Wisps of hope lingered in Cliff’s mind.

“She’s never been away from her family before. She’ll come back soon enough.”

Gerry sank deeper into his seat, lacing his fingers behind his head with an exaggerated sigh.

“Right, because she’s clearly willing to endure such hardship just to get away from you. Really shows how much she can’t stand you, doesn’t it?”

Rather than engage with his brother’s barbed words, Cliff turned the key in the ignition.

“Let’s head back.”

were you being honest at that

a thin line. With his brother, there was no need for pretense.

got feelings for Laney?” Gerry probed

“When did that start?”

eyes fixed on the road ahead, Cliff muttered, “What’s it matter

stuck in a rut, and I could

What could you possibly teach me about love?”

thunderbolt—he had never truly made an effort to win Laney’s heart. They had played this game of silence countless times before, but Laney would always break first, reaching out within days like clockwork. Somewhere along the

now on

their roles had reversed, Cliff found himself lost in unfamiliar territory,

irony wasn’t lost on him—her bedroom was already a shrine to his previous presents,

hollow gesture. With Merrick in her life, any romantic overtures would seem like desperate

of restless thoughts finally

word about