The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 286:

“Since when did you start collecting paintings? Do you even like art?” Caden frowned as he asked, though the questions were mostly rhetorical.

“You sought her out on purpose, didn’t you?”

Ciara lifted her chin like a petulant child.

“So what if I did? I was just supporting her business as your grandmother.

She’ll be entitled to our family’s wealth once you’re married, anyway.

What’s wrong with giving her a bit of it now?”

Caden peered at the paintings, realizing they were pretty valuable pieces.

They must have fetched a hefty price each.

No wonder Alicia was so confident during the bidding.

She hadn’t even flinched when she bid 200 million dollars for a single necklace.

It turned out that someone had recently lined her pockets, and generously at that.

Caden’s face darkened.

“You just keep making things difficult for me,” he muttered to his grandmother before turning away.

Ciara watched him walk off, utterly bewildered.

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Caden didn’t acknowledge her, continuing down the hall without a word.

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Ciara huffed in frustration.

Brushing off Caden’s tantrum, she put on her reading glasses and opened the painting catalog she’d been holding.

She waved Jasmine over.

“Come here and help me choose.” Despite the tension, Ciara was in high spirits, as if her brief exchange with Caden hadn’t happened at all.

“I’ll buy a few more of the expensive ones and hang them all in that rascal’s bedroom!”

The next day, Caden received an unexpected call from Alicia.

“Do you have time in the coming days?” she asked gently.

Caden glanced at his desk calendar.

His schedule was packed.

“Yes,” he lied smoothly.

“Great.

I’m going on a business trip in the next couple of days, and I need someone to feed Cade.

I’ve written down instructions on what and when to feed him.

You just have to follow them.”

Caden’s jaw dropped open.

This was why she called? To ask him to take care of a dog? The bite in his voice was unmistakable when he said, “So you’re more concerned about a dog than me?”

Alicia asked, “Are you really comparing yourself to Cade? Cade is a pet.

He’s dependent.

Are you suggesting you’re like him?”

With unwavering confidence, Caden responded, “Yes.”

Alicia was left dumbfounded.

She knew Caden could be unreasonable, but this latest statement surpassed all expectations.

He had genuinely compared himself to a dog!

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