The Wrong Woman

Chapter 958



Candice wrapped her arms around Elio's waist and gently stroked his back as she leaned into his embrace. She asked, "Where are we headed now? Are we not going back to Hoffis Manor?"

"Do you still want to go back?" Elio asked.

Candice pondered for a moment before saying, "It seems irrelevant now. Your mom is fond of me, but not enough to welcome me as her daughter-in- law. She's still set on you marrying Josie."

Elio held her shoulders and eased her backward. "Why bother with these futile efforts when you already understand?"

"I had to try. At least now I know it was a waste of time," Candice replied.

Elio offered a helpless smile and kissed her forehead. "Let's head back to our place. I've had my fill of the torture of sleeping in separate rooms at my parents' house."

Candice's cheeks turned pink as she nodded bashfully. Soon, they drove home together.

Manor. With Candice's lively

found themselves alone, exchanging glances in the silence. Michaela adapted quickly, but Tristan couldn't

his emotions, he resolved to go on a fishing trip with his buddies, leaving Michaela alone at home for more

between himself and Michaela. He and Candice settled back into their home, reveling in

stumbled upon albums and sketchbooks hidden in his cab-each one a testament to his long-standing crush on her since childhood. She would tease him, saying, "If only you'd confessed a few years sooner,

seen as ideal for marriage. It occurred to her that perhaps Elio's timing

a call from Robert. "Mr. Elio, Madam has been hurt and is

made their way

hearing the news, Jasper also rushed

fishing trip far from shore, Tristan couldn't come back right away despite being

arriving at the hospital, they found Robert waiting outside

discovered that Michaela had accidentally slipped on the staircase, falling from the sixth step and injuring her

arrived. Seeing them walk in, Elio and Candice exchanged puzzled