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.

if you can’t offer any

“Alright.”

had come seeking solace, Laney’s words only left him with heavier thoughts to wrestle

later, he extended an invitation to a group

circuit, curiosity got the better of Laney, and she found herself agreeing to attend. Then, a sobering thought crossed her mind: Cliff might

feelings. She knew that with Cliff, their little power struggles were merely surface-level dances.

available

still wearing his suit, the fabric

at a nearby five-star establishment,

treat—Cliff usually preferred to cook for them himself, being

Whenever she looked at him, it was as if she viewed him through a rose-tinted lens,

seem like

immediately jumped to interpret “dependable partner”