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 akin to ripping out a

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

gaze became very dark. Tabitha’s words and expression at that moment somehow made him feel slightly

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

and quietly

years, she had always been a light sleeper and did not eat on time.

slightest bit of pain on her face for

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

phone rang,

soft. His attitude was starkly

wrong?” he asked. With a frown, he continued, “Don’t move. I’ll

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

did not want him anymore, but that did not

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it easy for Naomi.

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

my promise, Malcolm, but that person must not be

was expressionless. The light in her eyes seemed to

I’ll never let her off for as long as I live,” she

for a long time.

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,

But my mom and dad have no future ahead of them! They’ll forever

Tabitha’s choked voice, Malcolm could not help but

early in a car accident long ago. He even

same for Tabitha’s parents. The only memory he had was when

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

that they were

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live in hatred all your life, too.” He then