The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max) novel Chapter 340

A lot of Northwick’s most influential families showed up for the birthday party. In this city, Jeremy had a reputation. He was that quiet, elegant guy everyone noticed, but nobody really knew. There had been all kinds of rumors about him—first about who he liked, then about whether he was interested in anyone at all. He was the kind of man every wealthy family wished their daughter could marry. Even Andrea had once been completely smitten with him. Jeremy never seemed to care. Nothing and no one ever got a reaction from him.

But tonight, people finally saw something different. Someone snapped a photo of him with another girl. The two of them were facing each other, fireworks behind them, their faces blurred but the mood was unmistakable. The chemistry was obvious. That photo started making the rounds in a group chat Max was in. Darin was there too. Darin saw it first and sent Max a private message: Jeremy's back.

Max opened the picture, staring hard at the two figures. He didn’t show any emotion, his expression impossible to read. He just replied with a single word—“Yeah.” Darin saw that Max wasn’t in the mood to talk, so he let it go.

As the banquet wound down, guests started heading out. Felicia’s phone lit up with a call from Max. She didn’t answer and hung up right away. Not long after, Anne’s watch rang.

“Hi, Daddy.” Anne listened to her father and nodded. “Okay.” When the call ended, she looked up at Felicia. “Evelynn, Daddy says he’s coming to pick us up.”

Felicia bent down so they were eye to eye. “I thought you wanted to have a sleepover with Yara tonight.”

Anne mumbled, “I want to go home tonight. Daddy’s waiting for us.” Felicia couldn’t force her to stay if she wanted to leave.

Once the last of the guests were gone, Felicia took Anne downstairs with the Milman family. As they reached the lobby, Anne’s watch rang again. Max was already there in the lobby and ended the call as soon as he saw them.

Anne blinked, looking up at her dad with wide eyes. Felicia just stared at Max, completely caught off guard. Anne wriggled down from Max’s arms, ran to Felicia, and grabbed her hand. “Mommy, Mommy, let’s go home,” she called out, her excitement echoing through the lobby.

Felicia stood there, frozen, not sure how to respond. Max took a couple of steps toward her, reaching out for her hand. Suddenly, another hand appeared, stopping him.

Max turned to see Jeremy blocking his path. “What are you doing, Mr. Milman?”

Jeremy’s gaze was intense, fixed on Max. He hadn’t planned it. It was just an instinct.