Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones (Tabitha Jarvis) novel Chapter 9

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Quickly suppressing his anger, Malcolm said calmly, “I’ll visit her.”

Tabitha had not slept well for two days. She was constantly having nightmares last night. When she finally woke up, she stared at the pale ceiling in a daze.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the ward. Soon, a tall figure walked in.

Tabitha looked at Malcolm’s indifferent face and nonchalantly asked, “What are you doing here?”

Malcolm’s lips were curved up in a smirk, yet his voice was cold. “Grandpa asked me to come over to see you.”

Tabitha could not see his expression clearly, yet she could already sense the sarcasm and irony in his eyes. Suddenly, she grew weary of it.

She leaned back nonchalantly on the pillow. “Well, you’ve seen me, so why don’t you leave?”

“I need to stay here for at least half a day, or Grandpa might go on another hunger strike,” Malcolm said. “You’re really impressive, Tabitha. Why haven’t I found out that you had so many tricks up your sleeves before?”

Malcolm’s cold tone pierced through Tabitha’s heart like a sharp blade.

She had already made up her mind to give up on this relationship, yet Tabitha could not help but get teary-eyed.

Only Malcolm’s impassive face remained in her blurred vision. His ocean- blue eyes were cold, and even his tone was dripping with unconcealed disgust. “Don’t look at me so pitifully like that. I’m not Grandpa. I won’t fall for your tricks,” he said.

Tabitha felt even more fatigued. Suddenly, she started laughing at herself.

Malcolm frowned. “What are you laughing at?”

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“I’m laughing at myself for being stupid,” she replied.

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Malcolm was once the person she cared the most for. Letting go of this relationship was akin to ripping out a piece of flesh from her heart.

‘Yet, you may be stupid, but you’re not cheap. You’ve already made up your mind. Do not waver,’ Tabitha said to herself inwardly.

Malcolm’s gaze became very dark. Tabitha’s words and expression at that moment somehow made him feel slightly irritated.

He tried to ignore the fact that Tabitha had influenced his mood. With a slightly cold look, Malcolm chose to sit in a place furthest away from Tabitha and checked his phone.

Tabitha closed her eyes and quietly held her stomach.

Over the years, she had always been a light sleeper and did not eat on time. Thus, she must have ruined her health.

Her stomach was cramping, and her fingertips were trembling. Yet, she refused to show the slightest bit of pain on her face for fear of being misunderstood as pretending to be pitiful again.

There was silence in the ward. Malcolm sat back in his chair and crossed his defined legs, looking like an arrogant gentleman.

Suddenly, his phone rang, breaking the silence.

When answering the call, Malcolm’s cold tone became soft. His attitude was starkly different compared to when he was with Tabitha.

“What’s wrong?” he asked. With a frown, he continued, “Don’t move. I’ll be right back.”

Malcolm took his coat and was about to leave. Tabitha suddenly felt a sense of boundless resentment emerging within herself. In a cold tone, she said, “Leaving so soon? Aren’t you scared I’ll complain?”

She did not want him anymore, but that did not mean she wanted to make

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it easy for Naomi.

Malcolm turned around to look at her, his deep gaze icy. “I thought we agreed to part on good terms. Why are you being like this?”

“I can keep my promise, Malcolm, but that person must not be Naomi,” she replied.

Tabitha’s face was expressionless. The light in her eyes seemed to have faded in an instant.

“She killed my parents. I’ll never let her off for as long as I live,” she continued.

Malcolm was silent for a long time. ‘Was this really why?’ he thought.

“Naomi had confessed to me. She told me that she was pestered by a spoilt rich kid back then, who then hired hooligans to attack her. Your parents were good people and had saved her. No one expected the tragedy to happen,” Malcolm said. “You should look ahead, Tabitha. It actually gets quite annoying if you stay stuck in the past.”

Tabitha closed her eyes, her tone teary. “Look ahead? But my mom and dad have no future ahead of them! They’ll forever be stuck in that moment!”

Hearing Tabitha’s choked voice, Malcolm could not help but feel his heart soften for her at that moment.

His parents, too, died early in a car accident long ago. He even had no memories of them.

It was the same for Tabitha’s parents. The only memory he had was when he met them on his sixteenth birthday.

At that time, Malcolm greeted them politely, and their eyes seemed to have reddened immediately. Somehow, the emotions in their gazes managed to move him slightly.

He reckoned that they were a gentle and kind couple.

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At this moment, Malcolm felt an indescribable emotion, and his anger suddenly disappeared.

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He took a deep breath and said in a solemn tone, “Tabitha, people can’t come back from the dead. I’m sure Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis don’t want you to live in hatred all your life, too.” He then calmly added, “You’re not feeling well. I don’t want to fight with you. Have a good rest.” After that, Malcolm turned away and left.

Nothing but silence came from behind him. Tabitha did not stop him, yet he could not help but turn around.

As she lay on the hospital bed, Tabitha’s hair hung loosely from her shoulders as she stared blankly straight ahead with tears running down her face.

She reminded him of a stray kitten he encountered on the rainy streets a long time ago.

In an instant, he felt a twinge of some kind of emotion in his heart.

Seeing Malcolm’s strange expression, his assistant, Saul Kravitz asked, “Mr. Sinclair, are you going to the company or home now?”

“Room 603,” Malcolm replied.

Malcolm subconsciously ignored the strange feeling in his heart.

‘A woman like Tabitha claims to love me, yet she cheated on me,’ thought Malcolm.

He could not help but wonder if he had gone mad for feeling pity for her.

At that moment, Tabitha felt a sharp pain in her stomach.

She lay in the hospital bed and did not dare to move as she waited quietly for the pain to pass.

Thinking of Malcolm’s callous words earlier, the pain under her ribs seemed to be many times more painful than the pain in her stomach.

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Soon, Alaric called her to ask if Malcolm’s attitude was okay.

Tabitha looked around the ward with sarcasm tinged in her reddened eyes. Yet, she forced laughter out of her mouth. “He was quite nice today.”

He was so nice that she finally realized a simple fact. The fact was that Malcolm did not deserve her love.