Jeremy sat propped up in bed, his laptop balanced on his knees. When Felicia walked in, he looked surprised for a second, then quickly figured out who must have tipped her off.
“Felicia, you’re here.”
She set the bouquet and fruit basket down on the coffee table, then turned to face him. His skin looked pale in the morning light.
“How are you feeling?” she asked.
“Much better,” Jeremy said. “You don’t have to worry.”
Felicia glanced at his laptop and the stack of paperwork. “I’m pretty sure the company won’t collapse if you take a day off.”
Jeremy smiled, taking off his glasses and giving her a look. “Well, I thought you’d be the last person to say that. Weren’t you always the one working through a fever like it was nothing?”
Felicia laughed, unable to help herself. For five years, powering through work and classes even when she was sick had been her routine. Nobody could ever talk her out of it.
They chatted for a while, and Jeremy finally closed his laptop and set the files aside. The weather was too nice to ignore. He’d been stuck in his room since yesterday afternoon and was itching to get outside. Felicia agreed to keep him company.
The hospital grounds were peaceful, with a path lined by tall trees. Leaves rustled in a cool autumn breeze as they strolled together.
“You’re not with Anne today?” Jeremy asked.
“She went to the Hawthorne family’s place,” Felicia replied.
Jeremy nodded, understanding.
They walked back into the room. Darin gave Andrea a few instructions, then left.
When Andrea’s IV finished, she looked at Max. “Max, I want to go for a walk.”
“It’s windy out,” he said gently. “You should stay here and rest, just in case.”
Andrea smiled, touched by his concern. “Alright, I’ll stay.”
Just then, Max’s phone rang. It was a call from home, asking him to come back. He said he’d be there soon.
Andrea looked disappointed that he wouldn’t be staying for lunch, but she didn’t try to stop him. She managed a smile and told him it was fine. When Max promised he’d come by again in the afternoon if he could, she felt a little better.

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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....