Luke sounded a little more serious now. “Greg would rather pay the penalty than work with Sunlight Tech. He’s absolutely not going to budge.” Felicia wasn’t surprised at all. Her brother was never someone you could push around.
“But Brock’s not going to let this slide,” she said.
“Yeah, they’re really at odds right now. It’s getting tense.”
“If this drags on, the company’s going to suffer,” Felicia said quietly.
Luke nodded on the other end. “Greg’s in the middle of negotiating a huge deal with an auto manufacturer. We’re talking hundreds of millions. Wesley’s working at Greenway Electrical Services these days, so if we can land this partnership, Sunlight Tech won’t be a problem for us. Plus, our team just signed a contract with Greenway for our new game.”
Felicia could hear how hard Luke was working to help Greenway. Hearing him lay it all out, she felt a little hope stir inside. Maybe this wasn’t a dead end after all. She finally let herself breathe a little easier.
They talked for a few more minutes, then said their goodbyes. Felicia took Anne’s hand and they headed downstairs together.
On the sofa, Max was finishing up a call. He glanced up as they came down. Felicia’s blue dress flowed softly, cinched with a white belt at her waist. Her hair was pulled back in a low ponytail and she hadn’t bothered with makeup, but her fair skin seemed to glow. She watched Anne bounce down the stairs, her eyes gentle and warm. Right then, Felicia looked effortlessly beautiful.
Anne was dressed in a blue princess dress, and with both of them in blue, they almost looked like they’d planned to match.
Max ended his call. Anne ran straight into his arms.
“Daddy!” she called, giggling as he scooped her up.
“You look extra pretty today, Anne,” Max said, smiling at her.
Anne grinned, soaking up the praise. She knew she was cute and loved every second of the attention.
“What about Evelynn? Is she pretty today too?” Anne asked, looking between her parents.
“Andrea, what’s going on?” she asked softly.
Andrea didn’t answer. She just threw her arms around her mom and started crying. Yvonne was startled, rubbing her daughter’s back, growing more anxious by the second.
“Tell me, Andrea. Did you and Max fight again?” she pressed.
Andrea sobbed for a long time before she could finally choke out, “He yelled at me.”
Yvonne pulled out some tissues and dabbed the tears from Andrea’s cheeks, her brow furrowed with concern. “What did he say?”
Last night, Andrea had secretly ordered her bodyguard to drug Felicia and take her to a hotel to assault her. Felicia’s presence and confidence lately made Andrea more and more insecure. She couldn’t stand seeing her like that, so she’d tried to destroy her. But then she got a call. The bodyguard told her Max had taken Felicia away before anything could happen.
Just thinking about it now made Andrea burn with anger and frustration.

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max)
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....