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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the person she cared the most for. Letting go of this relationship was akin to ripping out a piece of flesh from her

stupid, but you’re not cheap. You’ve already made up your mind.

and expression at that moment

his mood. With a slightly cold

closed her eyes and quietly held

she had always been a light sleeper and did not

and her fingertips were trembling. Yet, she refused to show the slightest bit of pain on her face for fear of being misunderstood as pretending to be

in his chair and crossed his defined legs, looking like an arrogant

his phone rang, breaking

tone became soft. His attitude was starkly different compared

a frown, he continued, “Don’t move. I’ll be right

to leave. Tabitha suddenly felt a sense of boundless resentment emerging within herself. In a

but that did

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it easy for Naomi.

around to look at her, his deep gaze icy. “I thought we agreed to part on good terms. Why are you being

Malcolm, but that

light in her eyes seemed to have

my parents. I’ll never let her off for as long as

a long time. ‘Was

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

her tone teary. “Look ahead? But my mom and dad have no future ahead of

help but feel his heart soften for

car accident long ago. He even

only memory he had was when he met them on

that time, Malcolm greeted them politely, and their eyes seemed to have reddened immediately. Somehow, the emotions

they were

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this moment, Malcolm felt an indescribable emotion, and his anger

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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