The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max) novel Chapter 693
Max’s expression didn’t change. He glanced at Felicia, who was staring straight ahead, avoiding his gaze. He then turned back to Anne.
“Anne, why don’t you let Daddy see the pictures?”
Felicia’s brow furrowed as she looked at him.
Anne turned to her. “Mommy, Daddy and I both want to see.”
Felicia stroked Anne’s head, offering an excuse. “The photos are backed up on the computer, so they’re not on my phone anymore. We can look when we get home.”
Anne pouted. “Okay, fine. Daddy and I will look at them when we get home.”
Max looked at Felicia, their eyes meeting for a brief moment before she coolly looked away.
It had been a long day of playing.
Anne quickly fell asleep in the car. Felicia leaned back against the seat and closed her eyes to rest.
She heard the man’s voice, lowered, beside her. “Now that our relationship is public, we should hold a formal reception.”
At his words, Felicia’s eyes snapped open. She turned to Max. “And what if I don’t agree to it?”
“If you’re still angry, we can wait a little longer. But life has to go on. Staying upset with me like this isn’t a solution.” As he spoke, Max gently adjusted the small blanket covering Anne. “Since you love Anne, there’s nothing that can’t be changed. You’re a smart woman, Felicia. Why keep torturing yourself like this?”
It was as if he could see right through her, dissecting reality and laying it bare for her to see. He always had this way of analyzing another person’s pain with such detached clarity.
For him, there seemed to be no room for sentiment. Every emotion could be analyzed with cold logic, conclusions drawn, things discarded or possessed as needed.
After a moment of silence, Felicia looked directly at him. “I can’t be like you. You sit on your throne, controlling everything you desire. Of course you can accept anything with a clear conscience.”
Max slowly replied, “I don’t deny what you’re saying. But it’s also reality, isn’t it?”
Felicia’s dark eyes narrowed.
Yes. The reality was that he could control everything.
Then she heard him speak again. “Of course, I know you’re stubborn. So I can change, too.”
His words hit her with the force of a physical blow. Felicia stared at him, her gaze locked on his calm, handsome face. His eyes were dark, so dark they could pull a person in and drown them.
After a long moment, Felicia looked away, her expression unreadable. She didn’t respond.
The car was so quiet you could hear them breathing.
Felicia leaned back against the seat and closed her eyes again.
When she next awoke, the car was still moving, but they were on an unfamiliar route. It was definitely not the way home. She sat up abruptly, looking at the man across from her who was focused on his laptop, handling work.
Max looked up at her. “You’re awake?”
“Where are we going?” she asked.
Anne declared, “I want fish.”
Max’s eyes crinkled with a gentle smile as he looked at his daughter. “Then we’ll have fish.”
That evening, Felicia was gently patting Anne’s back, coaxing her to sleep. Exhausted from a full day of playing, Anne soon drifted into a deep slumber.
Max entered the room and walked to the edge of the bed. He lifted the covers and settled in behind Felicia, his arm wrapping around her. His fingers gently stroked Anne’s soft cheek as he whispered in his deep, magnetic voice, “She’s asleep.”
The scent of his body wash filled her senses, and she could feel the solid strength of his chest pressed against her back. Felicia’s body tensed. “When are we heading back tomorrow?”
“We’ll dock around nine. We should be home by noon.”
Felicia didn’t ask anything else.
“Are you going back to Roen Capital tomorrow?” Max asked.
Felicia had cleared her entire schedule for the past few days. The industry gossip about her and Max had started to die down, the initial storm having passed.
Felicia countered, “Deep down, you want me to resign from Roen Capital, don’t you?”
“Of course I’d prefer you not to continue working there,” Max said. “But I won’t force you. If you want to stay at Roen Capital, it’s entirely your decision.”
“After you’ve pushed things this far, does my decision even matter?”
Although Jeremy hadn't mentioned the company's situation to her, she had heard from Savannah that the upper management at Roen Capital remained skeptical about her continued presence at the firm.
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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....