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 smiling face.

as he said, “Stop being irrational.”

breath. She thought her irritation to him was almost

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

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

conversation and turned to

himself involuntarily

She was weak, yet

her resilience that had made her shield him without hesitation at the nightclub

time, she should have

his slender fingers and turned

leave, he

and disappointed. He

home.

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

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today. In the past, Malcolm had always

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

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

every expression on Malcolm’s

to stay here and keep an eye on her. Besides, I can accompany you as well.”

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

that Malcolm wanted to

is Malcolm up to? Is he aware of the

know he’s staying because I’m

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

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

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

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room, feeling nervous