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

stupid, but you’re not cheap. You’ve already made up your mind. Do not waver,’ Tabitha said to herself

Tabitha’s words and expression at that moment somehow made him feel

influenced his mood. With a slightly cold look, Malcolm chose to sit in a place furthest away from Tabitha

closed her eyes and quietly held

been a light sleeper and did not eat on time. Thus, she must have ruined

refused to show the slightest bit of pain on her face

his chair and crossed

rang,

tone became soft. His attitude was starkly

he asked. With a frown, he continued,

about to leave. Tabitha suddenly felt a sense of boundless resentment emerging within herself. In a cold tone, she said, “Leaving so soon? Aren’t you

him anymore, but that did not mean she

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it easy for Naomi.

gaze icy. “I thought we agreed

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

light in her eyes seemed to have

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

for a long time. ‘Was this really why?’ he

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

tone teary. “Look ahead? But my mom and dad have no future ahead of them! They’ll forever be stuck in

voice, Malcolm could not help but feel

a car accident long ago. He even had no memories of

The only memory he had was when he met them

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

they were a gentle and

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moment, Malcolm felt an indescribable emotion, and his

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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 added, “You’re not feeling