The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max) novel Chapter 162
Jeremy’s voice dropped, serious and low. “He still hasn’t signed the divorce papers. I doubt he’ll make things easy for you.”
Felicia sighed. “I know. There’s nothing I can do until the court date. We’ll just have to deal with it then.”
Jeremy nodded. “At least you’re heading out to Autumnridge for work. That should keep you from running into Max for a while.”
Felicia nodded again. Just thinking about seeing Max made her stomach twist. She wasn’t ready to deal with him, not now.
Later that afternoon, Felicia’s phone rang. It was the lawyer handling her fender bender. “Evelynn, Mr. Hawthorne isn’t just asking for repair costs. He’s demanding another twenty million in damages.”
Felicia clenched the phone so tightly her knuckles went white. “Tell him I’m not paying a single cent of that. He can sue me if he wants. I’m not backing down.”
She hung up, furious. For a second, she wanted to hurl her phone across the office. She managed to hold back, though, and just slammed it onto her desk instead. The anger churned in her chest, trapped with nowhere to go.
She changed into gym clothes and hit the treadmill downstairs, running five kilometers before she started to cool off. After a hot shower and a change of clothes, she went back upstairs and kept working.
It was ten by the time she finally packed up. Too late to go back to the villa. She grabbed her phone and purse, ready to call it a night, when a message from her daughter lit up the screen.
[Evelynn, don’t forget to take care of yourself. Get some rest, okay? I’m going to bed now.]
Anne had called an hour ago, asking if they could chat, but Felicia told her she was working late. Anne had been sweet about it, not making a fuss.
Reading the message now, Felicia felt her heart soften. Just like that, all the stress and frustration melted away. She texted back, [I will. Thank you, Anne. Goodnight.]
Felicia let it go, not in the mood to dig.
She had just made it to her office when Savannah stormed in, fuming. “Felicia, did you see what’s happening on the forum?”
Felicia frowned. “What’s going on?”
Savannah shoved her phone over. “Look at this. Some troll is out there spreading disgusting rumors.”
Felicia took the phone. It was a finance forum, and someone had posted about her, tagging her name right in the headline. The title was brutal. Evelynn, the host from the recent financial summit, slept her way to the top. So much for beauty and brains, she’s just filthy.
Below was a photo of her at the summit, snapped from a sneaky angle. She was talking to a man, but her face had clearly been edited to look like she was giving him a flirty, almost desperate smile. Everyone else in the background was blurred out, making her “seductive” expression the only thing you could see.
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Is this coming to an end...
Oh nooo!! Don’t tell me Max will get washed ashore on a remote island then loses all his memory, then falls inlove with the local girl who saves him. Then when he meets Felicia again he won’t recognize her and breaks her heart again. Additional plot twist is that Felicia is pregnant with their 2nd child. Please pleaseee don’t give us this scenario.. LOL!!!...
If Max can be forgiven Darrin can be forgiven. And I do not like this marriage business but if it has to happen I hope after he gets stranded on some remote island alone while Felicia and his family fight over custody she wins and also gets half his estate. Then by time he comes back she's found having and remarried. Lol...
The writer is good. They're making me interested in Max. I won't say like yet....
It seems the only one who hasn't suffered is Max. Even his family fakes anger and disappointment all their own doing so they suffer a little. Everyone else has suffered. Luke and Jeremy unrequited. Felicia has suffered the most from family to unrequited to romance to long suffering Mother. Even baby Anne never had a mother til Felicia suffered then came back only to suffer some more. lol...
Oh no what did Colton do?... I have a bone to pick. When Olisha had to go the hospital why beg for Felicia? When she so loved Max? Seemed like she was in on the setup for Felicia to see a suicide for the 2nd time orchestrated by holden and his brother again. I might drop this series it's becoming endless with no real satisfaction for me. I don't need it to end because it's like a soap opera but if things don't end up making sense, tying up loose storylines it's gonna get old fast for me. Good luck author....
Anne, I think your baby brother is on the way. Thank goodness it doesn't say that Felicia is crying just like the last time but still, there's no willingness on her part. Max! You need to try harder. Make her fall in love with you again....
The writer did a big one with Jeremy's speech to Max. He said almost everything that needed to be said. I have wanted Felicia or someone who knows the past to just tell that whole stinking family what they did and how disgusting they are and what they're doing now how unfair it all is to Felicia. A pity it was only Max but he really needed to hear this (plus more)....
I love the chase of this novel, how you’ve build each of the characters. They almost seem like real. I feel like I know them irl. But however I would like to know what’s max’s pov and what’s going on in his head. I truly believe max’s just a grey character. And also please please please update more!!!...
I was really hoping that Max and Felicia would end up together, but why did Max do that to Felicia? 😭 Is that his way of making Felicia overcome the trauma Holden caused her? I don't think that's helping at all. I just hope Max's character has some redeeming qualities in the coming chapters....