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.

Elio cast a somber shadow over Hoffis Manor. With Candice's lively spirit absent, evenings that had once

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

began to irk Tristan. Frustrated and unable to voice his emotions, he resolved to go on a fishing trip with his buddies, leaving Michaela alone at home for more than ten

space between himself and Michaela. He and Candice settled back into their

since childhood. She would tease him, saying, "If only you'd confessed a few years sooner, just think

Candice then that she was now 23-an age often seen as ideal for marriage. It occurred to

a call from Robert. "Mr. Elio, Madam has been hurt and is in the hospital." The seriousness in Robert's tone conveyed the urgency of the

and Candice hurriedly made

news, Jasper

from shore, Tristan couldn't come back right away despite

hospital, they found Robert waiting outside the operating

that Michaela had accidentally slipped on the staircase, falling from the sixth step and injuring her lower spine. By the time Micheala arrived at the hospital, she had lost mobility in her lower

an hour after her surgery, Fenna and Josie arrived. Seeing them walk in,