Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones

After settling some business in the company, Malcolm went straight back. to the Sinclair residence.

Along the way, he was thinking of the misunderstanding that night and wondering how he could best bring it up to Tabitha.

He did not expect Alaric to come to the mansion tonight.

Alaric and Tabitha were flipping through a brochure of the auction and discussing which items to bid on later.

Only then did Malcolm remember the invitation he received from Crescendo Gala two days ago.

Crescendo Gala was considered an event of charity and a top–tier banquet in Xosa. Entry tickets were also extremely expensive and the invited guests. were required to put on the accessories acquired from the charity auction.

The auction would be held in three days. After the auction, the staff would do a headcount of the number of people present and then determine the VIPs who would enter the gala.

As a wife, Tabitha would naturally receive an invitation too.

Malcolm had returned but the people in the room did not even spare him. a look. They simply acted as if he did not exist.

He stood aside when he saw Tabitha point to a page in the brochure and say, “This bracelet looks quite beautiful.”

Dotingly, Alaric said, “When the time comes, let’s bid for it then.”

“Will it be very expensive?” she asked.

“Money is not a problem as long as you like it. Remember on the day to

keep holding up the sign until the end of the auction. I have the money,”

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was completely ignored, stepped closer and seemingly glanced at the

designed by the royal designer of Daprein in the 1970s

a slender platinum bracelet inlaid with an eight–hearts–and–eight- arrows diamond in the middle. It resembled a teardrop lingering at the edge

to make a girl fall

yearning in Tabitha’s eyes and

that we broke up on bad terms… I’m not gonna lose face

close that Alaric appeared to see him. Alaric greeted him lightly, “You’re

pretended he was transparent. She lowered her

Malcolm explained faintly. Right after that, Alaric and Tabitha opposite him went

bored. “Grandpa, I’m going

out a dispensable hum in acknowledgment.

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fixed on the

sight instead was a bare patch of yellow mud. The

irritated.

of my best friends that there’s going to be a Crescendo Gala in a few days. Can I go with you? I want to do

other end of the phone. She said cautiously, “Don’t worry. The wound on my arm has healed. Besides, I won’t let that old scar show. I

arm had only gotten wounded because she saved me, he remembered in

brows furrowed slightly and he could only agree to her

day of the gala, I will arrange for

In a low voice, she