The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 1399

Chapter 1399:

As time passed, news of the virus filtered through media channels. Though the authorities carefully controlled the information, Scarlette managed to piece together enough to comprehend the grave dangers involved in Kenji and Caden’s experimental work.

“Mom…” Scarlette’s voice quivered. “If they get infected… is there really no cure?” Her eyes, already swollen and reddened from hours of crying, filled once more with tears. “Why did they still go, knowing it’s so dangerous?”

Alicia drew her daughter close, gently stroking her head with maternal tenderness. “Have faith, darling. Your father is more than capable. He’ll return to us soon.”

“Can I call him?” Scarlette asked, uncertainty evident in her voice. “I miss him so much… and Kenji too.”

Alicia had only managed a few brief conversations with Caden. His workload had eased slightly recently, prompting her to send him a message to lift Scarlette’s spirits. His response came swiftly, arriving as a video call.

Scarlette’s heart quickened as the screen flickered to life, but instead of her father’s familiar face, she found herself staring at Kenji.

Kenji was barely recognizable beneath layers of protective equipment, his form completely shrouded except for a pair of weary, bloodshot eyes visible through his visor.

heart constrict painfully. “Kenji,” she whispered, his name carrying all her unspoken

divide, studying

lower lip trembled as she fought to contain fresh tears. “When

heavy on his shoulders. The clinical trials stretched before them like an endless road—their results still pending, their timeline impossible to predict. He slumped in his chair, exhaustion etched across his features, his half-lidded eyes holding a distant, hollow gaze. “Sweetheart, saving

Since childhood, he’d immersed himself in medical studies, carried by the innocent belief that skill alone could make

frozen, words failing

𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊: 𝖌ⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫺𝖼𝗈𝗆

alone?” Kenji

the conversation. “I’ll fetch you some

volume. “What’s

could say

fluttered anxiously.

I’d known my absence would stretch this long, I would’ve treasured every

tears abruptly ceased, betrayed only by an ungraceful sniffle. Kenji’s near-laugh