The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 1298:

“When I caught them, I wasn’t even expecting her to change. I just wanted her to be discreet about it. My reputation’s on the line here, and it would be humiliating if word got out. But you know what she told me? She claimed the child isn’t even mine—it’s her ex-boyfriend’s.”

Laney stood there, words failing her.

“I’m still so young,” Merrick’s voice cracked with despair.

“How could she do this to me?”

Before she could stop herself, Laney’s sharp tongue got the better of her.

“Isn’t this sort of drama par for the course in your social circle? If you were a woman, you’d probably be pregnant every month, struggling to keep track of potential fathers.”

Merrick’s shoulders slumped as he let out a weary sigh.

offer any comfort,

“Alright.”

only left him with heavier

from his troubles, Merrick decided to channel his frustrations into something more exhilarating. A few days later, he extended an invitation to a group of friends, including

got the better of Laney, and she found herself agreeing to attend. Then, a sobering

her feelings. She knew that with Cliff, their little power struggles were merely surface-level dances. When it came to matters

available at

just returned from an out-of-province trip. She found him still wearing his suit, the fabric carrying the crisp bite of early autumn air, his face bearing the subtle

approaching, and Cliff had already secured reservations at

rare treat—Cliff usually preferred to cook for them himself, being particularly discriminating about food and quick to point out flaws in

at him, it was as if she viewed him through a rose-tinted lens, her heart skipping

seem like a

mind immediately jumped to interpret “dependable