Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones

Chapter 9

Quickly suppressing his anger, Malcolm said calmly, “I’ll visit her.”

Tabitha had not slept well for two days. She was constantly having nightmares last night. When she finally woke up, she stared at the pale ceiling in a daze.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the ward. Soon, a tall figure walked in.

Tabitha looked at Malcolm’s indifferent face and nonchalantly asked, “What are you doing here?”

Malcolm’s lips were curved up in a smirk, yet his voice was cold. “Grandpa asked me to come over to see you.”

Tabitha could not see his expression clearly, yet she could already sense the sarcasm and irony in his eyes. Suddenly, she grew weary of it.

She leaned back nonchalantly on the pillow. “Well, you’ve seen me, so why don’t you leave?”

“I need to stay here for at least half a day, or Grandpa might go on another hunger strike,” Malcolm said. “You’re really impressive, Tabitha. Why haven’t I found out that you had so many tricks up your sleeves before?”

Malcolm’s cold tone pierced through Tabitha’s heart like a sharp blade.

She had already made up her mind to give up on this relationship, yet Tabitha could not help but get teary-eyed.

Only Malcolm’s impassive face remained in her blurred vision. His ocean- blue eyes were cold, and even his tone was dripping with unconcealed disgust. “Don’t look at me so pitifully like that. I’m not Grandpa. I won’t fall for your tricks,” he said.

Tabitha felt even more fatigued. Suddenly, she started laughing at herself.

Malcolm frowned. “What are you laughing at?”

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“I’m laughing at myself for being stupid,” she replied.

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once the person she cared the most for. Letting go of this

you’re not cheap. You’ve already made up your mind. Do

words and expression at that moment somehow made him

to ignore the fact that Tabitha had influenced his mood. With a slightly cold look, Malcolm chose to sit

her eyes and quietly held her

she had always been a light sleeper and did not

Yet, she refused to show the slightest bit of pain on her face for fear

in the ward. Malcolm sat back in his chair and crossed

rang, breaking

answering the call, Malcolm’s cold tone became soft. His attitude was starkly different compared

a frown, he continued, “Don’t

a sense of boundless resentment emerging within herself. In a

anymore, but that did not mean she wanted

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it easy for Naomi.

thought we agreed

my promise, Malcolm, but that person must not be

her eyes seemed to have faded in an

killed my parents. I’ll never let her off for

silent for a long time. ‘Was this

She told me that she was pestered by a spoilt rich kid back then, who then hired hooligans to attack her. Your parents were good people and had saved her. No one expected the tragedy to happen,” Malcolm said. “You should look ahead, Tabitha. It actually gets quite annoying if you stay stuck in the

But my mom and dad have no future ahead of

Tabitha’s choked voice, Malcolm could not help but feel his heart soften for her

parents, too, died early in a car accident long ago. He even had

Tabitha’s parents. The only memory he had was

them politely, and their eyes seemed to have reddened immediately. Somehow, the emotions in

they were a gentle and kind

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this moment, Malcolm felt an indescribable

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“Tabitha, people can’t come back from the dead. I’m sure Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis don’t want you to live in hatred all your life, too.” He then calmly added, “You’re not feeling well. I don’t