The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max) novel Chapter 189
The next morning, Felicia finally got the green light from her doctor to leave the hospital. He reminded her about the stitches on her forehead, how she needed to watch what she ate, and to try getting some real rest. She promised she would, even if she knew she was terrible at taking it easy.
Before heading out, she stopped by to check on Mason. He wasn’t as lucky. The doctors said he’d need at least another ten days in the hospital. Jeremy had already arranged for someone to look after Mason, and Tommy would stick with Felicia to help her out.
They all left the hospital together, but Felicia couldn’t go back to the Capital yet. There was still too much to deal with at the Autumnridge branch. For years, the place had been in and out of financial trouble, and the performance numbers just kept getting worse. If they wanted to secure the partnership with Westfield Clinical Research, something drastic had to change.
At the meeting yesterday, Jeremy hadn’t held back. He fired Peter and a handful of other senior managers who’d been slacking off for ages. The news sent everyone in the office into a panic. Still, for a lot of the regular employees—especially the ones who’d been overlooked for so long—it was a huge relief. Now there were gaps to fill, and Felicia needed to sort out who deserved a shot.
She insisted on handling things herself. Letting Jeremy, the big boss from headquarters, do all the dirty work felt wrong. Besides, she knew he was needed elsewhere. He’d even gotten an emergency call last night. Something major had blown up with a project in Northwick. He already suspected what was behind it, but he didn’t want Felicia to worry. That meant he needed to wrap up the situation with Jett as soon as possible.
Luke had managed to hack into Jett’s phone last night and pulled out exactly what Jeremy needed. They were supposed to deal with it today, but Jett must have caught wind of it somehow. He’d taken off during the night. The police had already tracked down some leads and put out a nationwide alert.
Jeremy told Grady to help Felicia manage the branch. Luke would stick around too, help her finish up, and then travel back to the Capital with her. He had told Max yesterday that he had business at Autumnridge, which was actually true. He’d just moved his trip up a bit.
“Luke, make sure you take care of Felicia,” Jeremy said as he was about to leave.
Luke gave a confident nod. “Don’t worry, Jeremy. I won’t let her out of my sight.”
Felicia rolled her eyes. “You both act like I’m always causing trouble.”
Luke grinned. “Well, you kind of do. You never take care of yourself.”
Luke let out a dramatic sigh. “See? You’re all sweet and gentle with Jeremy, but with me, it’s constant abuse.”
Felicia reached over and tugged his ear. “Keep talking and you’ll find out what real abuse feels like.”
Luke winced, trying to wriggle away. “Okay, okay, you win. I surrender. Please, let go!”
In the back seat of the black car, Jeremy caught a glimpse of their playful bickering in the rearview mirror before turning his attention back to the road.
Before leaving Autumnridge, Jeremy set up a meeting with Max. They needed to talk about the mess with Jett and Simon. Even with Jett’s help, Simon hadn’t managed to land the deal. In fact, he’d nearly gotten played himself. He’d underestimated the competition. Jett was always putting Evelynn down, and Simon had actually believed Evelynn was just for show.
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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....