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

slightly as he said, “Stop being

a deep breath. She thought her irritation to him was almost comical, so she

go back by yourself. The environment here is better than the Sinclair

face for a few seconds before quickly shifting away. “As

conversation and

Malcolm found himself involuntarily

weak, yet

was her resilience that had made her shield him without

time, she should have hated him.

fingers and turned to find

leave, he would stay.

he was the one who first wronged her and made her sad and disappointed. He was also the person who made her reluctant

home.

to return to his room when Malcolm approached him and said firmly, “Grandpa, I want to stay here for

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In the past, Malcolm had always

only did he show concern for Tabitha, but he also wanted to stay at

and seriousness while bringing up the topic, Alaric

every

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

how Malcolm had willingly served food to Tabitha earlier and thought that maybe Naomi had really brought him to his senses. He replied happily, “Okay, then

was surprised to learn that Malcolm wanted to stay.

is Malcolm up to? Is he

people know he’s staying because I’m not leaving?”

her fist tightly until her nails dug into her skin, jolting

to Naomi, and he acknowledges only her child. There must be some hidden

regarding bedtime. They were at the Sinclair manor and couldn’t sleep in separate rooms under Alaric’s watchful eye.

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around the room, feeling nervous