The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max) novel Chapter 533
They met up at their go-to spot.
Max found Felicia and said, “I need to head out for a bit. Can you stay with Anne? I’ll try to be back soon.”
Amber was sitting nearby, listening. To her, Max sounded like the perfect, caring husband, but she honestly couldn’t tell if it was real or just for show.
Felicia’s reply was cool. “You don’t have to explain yourself to me.”
Max just gave her a small smile, said a quick goodbye to the elders, and left the Hawthorne estate.
At a fancy club, Darin sat by the window, staring at the falling snow.
Max came upstairs and spotted him right away. Darin looked tense, his whole vibe heavy and closed off. Max walked over, sat down across from him, and glanced at his tight jawline. “Shouldn’t you be with your dad?”
Darin grabbed his glass, knocked back a drink, and set it down hard. He let out a long breath, then turned to face Max. His eyes were almost icy.
Max looked back at him, calm as ever.
Suddenly, Darin let out a quiet, bitter laugh. His voice was sharp. “I don’t think I have any right to judge you.”
His sister hated him now. Felicia’s hurt and angry looks kept replaying in his mind, every memory like a needle to his heart. She’d been right there in front of him, and that strange feeling he’d always had suddenly made sense.
Max said, “You still do.”
Darin fixed his gaze on him. “All this time, and I didn’t even know her name was Felicia.”
Five years ago, Max didn’t care at all about Felicia, so he never mentioned her. Darin hadn’t paid attention. Now, Darin thought of Anthony calling her Felicia, of her dropping her ID, and it hit him that the girl he’d been thinking about was always right there.
He knew Max too well. Nothing ever rattled him. Even if he had to pay for what he’d done, Max would just accept it without blinking. It was like regret or fear just didn’t exist for him.
Max picked up the wine bottle and poured more for Darin, then filled his own glass. “What’s done is done. We can’t change the past, so we just deal with what’s in front of us now.”
“So, do you love her?” Darin asked.
Max set the bottle down, his lips curving in a faint smile. “Whether I love her or not doesn’t really matter. What matters is that we’re both here for Anne. She loves Anne, and I do too. That’s enough.”
Darin stared at him, his eyes searching.
For a moment, the room was so quiet it felt like you could hear the winter wind outside.
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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....