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 smiling

slightly as he said, “Stop being

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

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

her face for a few seconds before quickly shifting away. “As you wish,” he replied.

bother continuing the conversation and turned to

Malcolm found himself involuntarily looking at

frail. She was weak, yet she exuded a

made her shield

time, she should

fingers and

leave,

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

home.

to his room when Malcolm approached him and said firmly, “Grandpa, I

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was surprised by Malcolm’s unusual behavior today. In the past, Malcolm had always seemed eager to distance himself from

for Tabitha, but he also wanted to stay at the Sinclair

up the topic, Alaric might have thought he had finally developed

Alaric asked, scrutinizing every expression on Malcolm’s face.

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

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 room for

learn that

is Malcolm up to? Is he

that can arise when people know he’s staying because I’m not leaving?”

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

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

bedtime. They were at the Sinclair manor and couldn’t sleep in separate rooms under

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around the room, feeling