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?”

unpleasant

darkened slightly as he

him was almost comical, so

than the Sinclair residence. I want to stay here a bit longer,”

seconds

bother continuing the conversation and turned to leave.

found himself involuntarily looking at her.

She was weak, yet

made her

should

his slender fingers and turned to find

did not leave, he

he was the one who first wronged her and made her sad and

home.

to return to his room when Malcolm approached him and

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

he show concern for Tabitha, but he also wanted

the topic, Alaric might have thought he had finally developed a fondness

every

not in good health, so I thought it would be good to stay here and keep an eye on her. Besides, I can

Tabitha earlier and thought that maybe Naomi had really brought him to his senses. He replied happily, “Okay, then you may stay. I’ll have someone prepare a guest

learn that

is Malcolm up to? Is he

can arise when people know

dug

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 reason.”

a blind eye to Malcolm’s decision to stay, she faced a dilemma regarding bedtime. They were at the Sinclair manor and couldn’t sleep in separate rooms under Alaric’s watchful

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paced around the room, feeling nervous and uneasy.