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.

lively

glances in the silence. Michaela adapted quickly, but Tristan couldn't shake the

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

to create some space between himself and Michaela. He and Candice settled back into their home, reveling in their unrestrained

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, just think of all the time we could've had together." "I didn't want to be accused of leading on an underage girl," Elio

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

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

hurriedly made their way to

news, Jasper also

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

hospital, they found Robert waiting outside the

and injuring her lower spine. By

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