Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones (Tabitha Jarvis) novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Seeing that Malcolm was absent-minded, Naomi felt a bit anxious.

She wiped her tears, picked up the beautifully wrapped flowers beside her, and exclaimed in surprise, “These tulips are beautiful. Thank you.”

Malcolm replied absently, “I’m glad you like them.”

Naomi sniffed the flowers, attempting to divert Malcolm’s attention to herself. “It’s so cold out there, and you still managed to get such nice tulips. They must not be cheap, huh? Malcolm, you’re so kind to me.”

Tulips usually bloomed in spring, but the ones in Malcolm’s garden thrived all year round.

Malcolm was preoccupied and replied offhandedly, “They were from my garden.”

‘From his garden?’ Naomi frowned slightly as she mused. She

remembered what George had praised when she went to the Sinclair

residence for the first time.

“The tulip garden is incredibly beautiful. Mrs. Sinclair has done a great job taking care of them,” George complimented.

‘Aren’t they planted by Tabitha?’ she wondered.

Thinking of this, Naomi tentatively asked, “They look so good. Who planted them?”

“I don’t know,” Malcolm answered.

He did not care about the chores in the mansion.

Malcolm responded to Naomi’s query, but his mind was no longer with

her.

It was Naomi who had been crying, but Tabitha’s tearful eyes kept appearing in his mind.

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He suddenly could not sit still. Seeing that Naomi was fine, he stood up and said, “I still have something to deal with in the company. I’ll come to visit you next time.”

Seeing this, Naomi eagerly pulled him and pleaded, “Malcolm, there’s not rush. I’ve made soup. Stay and have dinner with me today, okay?”

As Malcolm looked at her melancholy eyes, those words of refusal got stuck in his throat.

With much patience, he stopped in his tracks. “Okay.”

Naomi smiled through tears. Seeing the handsome man serving her soup, she could not resist grabbing her phone and taking a picture of the scene and the tulips.

Then she smiled and clicked the “send” button.

In the hospital, Tabitha was going through the discharge formalities.

She did not want to make Alaric worry, nor did she want Malcolm to go against his conscience by continually going to her. Therefore, she completed the discharge procedures on the same day.

The doctor said that she just needed to be careful not to touch cold water and that she did not need to get hospitalized.

Before she got home, she received a text message from an unfamiliar

number.

[The flowers you planted are very beautiful. I like them very much. Thank you.]

In the photo, a bunch of tulips was in full bloom.