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.

somber shadow over Hoffis Manor. With Candice's lively spirit

and Michaela found themselves alone, exchanging glances in the silence. Michaela adapted quickly, but Tristan couldn't shake the absence of Candice. This deepened his yearning for Elio

irk Tristan. Frustrated and unable to voice his emotions, he resolved to go on a fishing trip with his buddies,

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

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

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

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

made their way to

Jasper also rushed to join

a fishing trip far from shore, Tristan couldn't

at the hospital, they found Robert waiting outside 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 body. Content belongs to

after her surgery, Fenna and Josie arrived. Seeing them