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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person she cared the most for. Letting go of this relationship was

you’re not cheap. You’ve already made

very dark. Tabitha’s words and expression at that moment somehow made him

had influenced his mood. With a slightly cold look,

eyes and quietly held

always been a light sleeper and did

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

sat back in his chair and crossed his defined legs, looking like an

his phone rang,

Malcolm’s cold tone became soft. His attitude was

With a frown, he continued, “Don’t

felt a sense of boundless resentment emerging within herself. In a cold tone, she said, “Leaving so

but that did not

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it easy for Naomi.

look at her, his deep gaze icy. “I thought

my promise, Malcolm, but that person must not be Naomi,” she

face was expressionless. The light in her eyes seemed to

let her off for as long as I live,” she

for a long time.

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.

mom and dad have no future ahead of them!

Malcolm could not help but feel his heart soften

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

only memory he had was when

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

they were a gentle and

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a deep breath and said in a solemn tone, “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 want to fight with you. Have a good rest.” After that, Malcolm turned away and