The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max) novel Chapter 660

After dinner with Macen, Felicia made her way back to the hotel downtown.

She took a hot shower, then stretched out on the bed, eyes fixed on the ceiling, her mind completely blank.

A sudden vibration from her phone pulled her back. She sat up, peered at the screen, and answered right away.

“Anne?”

“Mommy!” Anne’s little voice came through, soft and sweet. “How much longer until you come home? I miss you, Mommy.”

Felicia’s voice turned gentle. “Just a couple more days, honey. As soon as I finish work, I’ll be home.”

“Oh.” Anne sighed. “You work so hard. I wish you weren’t always so tired, but I’m still too little to help you.”

That soft, syrupy voice melted Felicia’s heart. For a moment, the weight in her chest just disappeared. She smiled softly. “Just hearing you say that makes me happy. I’m really not tired. All I want is for you to be happy every day, Anne.”

“I want you to be happy too, Mommy. I want to be your happy little sunshine.”

For a little while, Felicia let herself get lost in the conversation, savoring every word from her daughter.

Eventually, she put her phone down and scrolled through Anne’s photos, her heart aching with a longing she couldn’t quite name. Anne was her weakness; she couldn’t bear the thought of her daughter living with someone else. The only way out would be to take Anne with her, but that was barely even a choice. Max adored Anne, and Anne leaned on her dad for everything. Felicia felt trapped, stuck at a dead end with nowhere left to turn.

Looking back, her stubborn choices from the past felt like a boomerang, coming back and hitting her hard.

Max was right. Whatever was between them, it was a mess. A tangled fate that neither of them could escape.

She sat against the headboard, letting time drift by. No amount of physical exhaustion could hold a candle to the heaviness in her heart.

Just as she was about to switch off the lights, her phone chimed with a new notification. She checked it—Dean had sent her a picture of the moon shining in the night sky, with a caption that read, The moon is beautiful tonight.

Felicia typed back, Are you back in the country?

Dean replied, Yeah, I had to come back to the Capital for work. How have you been lately? Busy?

He stared at her last message for a second, then exited the chat and called Max.

The line connected almost immediately.

Max’s voice was flat. “What is it?”

“You saw Felicia today?” Darin asked.

“So what?”

“What did you say to her?” Darin’s tone dropped, more serious now.

Silence filled the call.

Finally, Max spoke, his voice low and even. “Nothing important. You handle Andrea. I’ll deal with Holden.”