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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go of this relationship

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

words and expression at that moment somehow made him feel slightly

Tabitha had influenced his mood. With a slightly cold look, Malcolm chose

and

a light sleeper and did not eat on

and her fingertips were trembling. Yet, she refused to show the slightest bit of pain on her face

silence in the ward. Malcolm sat back in his chair and crossed his defined legs, looking like

rang, breaking

call, Malcolm’s cold tone became soft. His attitude was starkly different compared to when he

frown, he

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

but that did not mean she wanted

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it easy for Naomi.

“I thought we agreed to

keep my promise, Malcolm, but that person

expressionless. The light in her

off for as long as I live,” she

time. ‘Was this really why?’

confessed to me. 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,”

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

voice, Malcolm could not help but feel his heart soften for

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

same for Tabitha’s parents. The only memory he

and their eyes seemed to have reddened immediately. Somehow, the

that they were

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Malcolm felt an indescribable emotion, and his anger suddenly

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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 want