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?”

tone was sharp, leaving an unpleasant impression despite her

as he said, “Stop

breath. She thought her irritation to him

yourself. The environment here is better than the Sinclair residence. I want to stay here a

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

the conversation and turned to leave.

involuntarily looking at

yet

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

that time, she should have hated

slender fingers and

leave, he

and disappointed.

home.

to his room when Malcolm approached him and said

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

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

he hadn’t maintained his cool and seriousness while bringing up the topic, Alaric might have thought he

every expression

I thought it would be good to stay here and keep

willingly served food to 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 room for you.”

learn that Malcolm wanted

Malcolm up to? Is

people know he’s staying because I’m not

tightly until her nails dug into her skin, jolting her

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

dilemma regarding bedtime. They were

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room, feeling nervous and uneasy.