Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones

Chapter 53

Riley’s expression shifted slightly, and his

, and his eyes flickered.

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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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thought that

that?”

remember what happened next, “When Mrs. Sinclair checked out the next day, she

had entered Tabitha’s

had taken Malcolm’s room card, and with the power supply issue, it was understandable that she would mistake him for

suddenly crashed down,

be like that?‘ he

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

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

so there’s no recording of that period. I feared losing my job due to negligence and thus concealed the truth

sank straight down. In prolonged silence, an indescribable mix of

for a long time, but he was still sitting on the

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couldn’t come back to his

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

After he had denied the child’s

and inadvertently scrolled

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

tone that was devoid of any emotions, Malcolm’s

he misunderstood Tabitha before, he could easily hurt and mock her without any psychological

he suddenly