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

line. With his brother, there was no need for

for

“When did that start?”

his eyes fixed on the road ahead, Cliff

women. You’re stuck in a rut, and I could help you figure out a strategy to

perpetually single man. What could you possibly teach me about love?” This left Gerry momentarily

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 way,

chapters now

unfamiliar territory, clueless

bedroom was already a shrine to his previous

any romantic overtures would

thoughts finally drove

word about her moving