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?”

leaving an unpleasant impression despite her smiling

gaze darkened slightly as he said,

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

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

on her face for a few seconds before

the conversation and

found himself involuntarily looking

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

had made her shield

should

and turned to find Alaric.

not leave, he would

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

home.

him and said firmly, “Grandpa, I want to stay here for a

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In the past, Malcolm had always seemed eager to distance himself from

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

up the topic, Alaric might have thought he had finally

Alaric asked, scrutinizing every expression on

frankly, “Tabitha is not in good health, so I thought it would be good to stay here and keep an eye on her.

to his senses. He replied happily,

to learn that Malcolm wanted to stay.

up to?

arise when people know he’s staying because I’m

clenched her fist tightly until her nails dug into

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

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

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around the room,