Ex-wife, Please Come Back

Thompson had always disliked Jacob. There were many reasons for this––ranging from the latter's social life to how he would always treat other people.

After the gentlemen exchanged hollow flatteries, Alice finally arrived. The slight bulging of her already swollen belly utterly appalled Thompson.

It was impossible that this matter had nothing to do with him. Yet, he was not worried about that at all, because he knew Alice was too prideful to tell him about it.

"Alice!" Thompson walked up and greeted her warmly.

Alice gazed at everyone in surprise and realized that she came at the wrong time today. But she had no one else to vent her frustration on but Thompson.

"Why are there so many people?" Alice roamed her eyes around everyone, nodding at them to acknowledge their presence.

Simultaneously, Thompson introduced them to her, to which Alice responded with a smile while shaking their hands.

With Thompson by her side, she knew she had a strong support system. After so many years of facing different challenges, Alice had transformed into a courageous and confident woman. Whoever said that she was a good-for-nothing probably had never seen her in social gatherings.

After greeting everyone and settling to a seat, her belly was even more eye-catching.

"Mr. Thompson, you are really awesome! You said nothing happened, but Miss Alice's belly says otherwise. Did you not want to tell us that you're going to be a father?"

Joshua teased Thompson while maintaining an amiable tone. It was a standard among them not to offend anyone.

Mr. Joshua. I'll inform everyone when the baby is one month old." Thompson

she eventually calmed down. 'I didn't tell anyone the truth about the child's father, but it seemed that he had guessed something.'

had gone through many things, including going to different places and studying abroad.

heard Mr. Thompson mention what Miss Alice's family does? You're so pretty, so I bet you're probably a lady from a

right in pointing out that there was so little they knew about Alice. They could just tell that the woman

It seemed that Thompson had his conqueror. Many of these acquaintances thought that

up at Thompson and said, "Unlike Mr. Joshua here, who runs

Joshua and known his status, so she would not dare say something

more important than protecting her life. So, Alice could only wear a smile,

have such a great girlfriend. My wife is really good-for-nothing except quarreling. That's why I usually don't bring her to events

said lasciviously. Alice didn't say anything and instead just

who could accompany him to these kinds of parties. Although he wouldn't take their flattering words seriously, it was still good to hear it.

hand, noticed the slight change of expression on his face. And she

conversation made her temporarily forget all her troubles. Alice had already planned what to do before coming here, and

gets pregnant, so I'm afraid we might have

teased again. His companions agreed with

of the

on, fill it up,"