Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones

Chapter 57

At that moment, Emmanuel smiled and openly expressed his admiration by saying, “Malcolm, you have such a good relationship with Tabitha.”

Tabitha scoffed in her heart, ‘If our relationship can be considered a great one, then perhaps there are no broken–hearted couples in the world!”

She couldn’t tell if Malcolm was doing unnecessary favors for Alaric or if he was up to something bad.

The smell of meat made Tabitha sick. She was already full after eating almost half a bowl of oatmeal and mushroom soup.

She quickly excused herself from the table, citing fatigue.

Malcolm’s expression darkened slightly. Then, he gave Emmanuel a cold glance.

He was aware that Emmanuel was deliberately trying to sow discord. between them. Emmanuel was an ambitious man. Although he appeared to be amiable, he harbored a concealed hostility toward Malcolm.

Moreover, Emmanuel had an extreme work style. So, he and Malcolm never got along.

Malcolm did not like Tabitha having too much interaction with Emmanuel. He was determined to get Tabitha home.

After dinner, Emmanuel chatted with Alaric for a while before taking his leave.

Malcolm seized the opportunity to speak privately with Tabitha.

He asked, “Tabitha, when do you plan to return to the Sinclair residence?”

Tabitha didn’t believe he genuinely wanted her to go back. She quipped with a frown, “You can’t pretend anymore, can you? It must have been

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exhausting pretending in front of Grandpa Alaric just now, right?”

was sharp, leaving an unpleasant impression despite her

he

thought her irritation to him was almost comical, so she tried to

go back by yourself. The environment here is better than the Sinclair residence. I want to

for a few seconds before

didn’t bother continuing the conversation and turned to leave.

Malcolm found himself involuntarily

figure remained frail. She was weak, yet she exuded a persistence

if it was her resilience that had made her shield him without hesitation at

that time, she should

clenched his slender fingers and turned to find

did not leave, he

made her sad and disappointed. He

home.

approached him and said firmly, “Grandpa, I want

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was surprised by Malcolm’s unusual behavior today. In the past,

but he also

cool and seriousness while bringing up the topic, Alaric might

every expression on

is not in good health, so I thought it would be good to stay here

and thought that maybe Naomi had really brought him to his senses. He replied happily,

learn that Malcolm wanted to stay.

up to? Is

when people know he’s staying because I’m

nails dug into her skin, jolting her back to reality.

heart belongs only to Naomi, and he acknowledges only her child. There must be some hidden motive behind his sudden desire to stay at the Sinclair manor for no

Tabitha could turn a blind eye to Malcolm’s decision to stay, she faced a dilemma regarding bedtime. They were at the Sinclair manor and couldn’t

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around the room, feeling nervous and