Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones

Chapter 53

Riley’s expression shifted slightly, and his

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Malcolm narrowed his eyes and warned in a hostile voice, “This concerns my wife. You better be honest.”

Riley wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and replied in a trembling voice, “To answer your question, Mrs. Sinclair did indeed visit our hotel over two months ago, and I personally attended to her.”

“Mrs. Sinclair came to Quilton for a visit. She felt unwell, so she rested at the hotel. She asked about your room number and I provided it directly to her,” Riley continued.

Hearing Riley’s reply, Malcolm vaguely pieced something together but didn’t know what he was expecting. His voice carried a hint of urgency as he asked, “When did she check in?”

“On October 10th,” Riley replied.

A faint, imperceptible disappointment surged within Malcolm.

“The timeline did not match!‘ he exclaimed in his heart.

He was with Naomi on October 12th.

His voice had turned utterly cold when he spoke again, “What happened later?”

Riley started sweating profusely as he said, “There was a minor power issue that night and the electricity went off for a while, so the room card malfunctioned. I wanted to check on Mrs. Sinclair and see if she needed emergency service, but it seemed there was a drunken man in her room… I’m afraid of stirring up trouble, so I dared not to ask any question and left as if I hadn’t seen anything…”

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Riley observed Malcolm’s inscrutable expression, he swallowed nervously before he tried to remember what happened next, “When Mrs. Sinclair checked out the next day, she

realized that a drunken intruder had entered Tabitha’s room, and she mistook the intruder

card, and with the power supply issue, it was understandable that she would mistake him

of suspended agitation suddenly crashed down, leaving Malcolm’s mind momentarily blank.

like that?‘

child in Tabitha’s belly, but he didn’t expect

amiss, he stared at Riley intensely. “I want to check the surveillance footage.”

hurriedly said, “After the power outage that night, the surveillance only resumed the next afternoon, so there’s no recording of that period. I feared losing my job due to negligence

prolonged silence, an indescribable mix of emotions flooded

but he was still sitting

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eyes, and the gradual shift to disappointment and indifference kept flashing through

always held a firm belief that the child was theirs. After he had denied the child’s

his phone and inadvertently scrolled through Tabitha’s

and Tabitha’s voice came through coldly, “Malcolm? What

flat tone that was devoid

Tabitha before, he could easily hurt and mock

he knew the truth, he suddenly