In the eyes of the public, the two of them were now a single entity. Max had quite a few rivals, and someone with an agenda would certainly use this matter to stir up drama. It would inevitably affect him.
Felicia looked at the man in front of her. But Max would never be afraid of people talking about him. There was likely no one brave enough to offend him openly.
"Have I not been gossiped about enough? I truly do not care about my dignity."
Max's expression remained unchanged as he listened to her. "Felicia, I hope you understand one thing right now. Your behavior no longer represents just you alone."
"When you made it public, did it never occur to you that you and I are not even on the same page?" Felicia asked.
"Whether we are on the same page or not, your current status cannot be changed."
Felicia stared at him intently and spoke slowly. "It seems to me that you are quite willing to accept Olisha. She is innocent and submissive, listening to everything you say and following your every command. As for looks, she is younger and prettier than Andrea. At the very least, your body has accepted her before your heart."
Back in Australia, he had acted like a completely different person, as if a wild monster were thrashing around inside him. Was that not all because of Olisha?
He was a normal man, after all, with a physique even stronger than most.
Her words hung in the air.
Max suddenly stood up, striding around the desk to stand right in front of Felicia. Seeing the man approach, Felicia instinctively took a step back.
He suddenly reached out to stop her retreat, effortlessly pinning her against the front of the desk.
"You..."
"You love Anne so much and cannot let her go, and still refuse to give her a stable family environment. Now you want to leave her behind without a word to settle in Cloudville for work. If you are going to abandon her, why are you so unwilling to let Anne accept someone else? Felicia, what exactly do you want?"
Every word the man spoke felt like a knife plunging into Felicia's heart. The color drained from her face little by little. She tried desperately to control her emotions and argued back, "I am not abandoning Anne!"
She wanted to explain further, but facing Max, there was no need for explanations.
Max's piercing gaze remained fixed on the woman before him, as if trying to see right through her. Felicia could not bear the intense, oppressive weight of his stare. She pushed him away and walked quickly toward the study door.
Max stood where he was, making no move to stop her. He simply watched the woman's panicked retreat.
Felicia returned to her room and slammed the door shut. Leaning back against the solid wood, she gasped for air. She tilted her head to look at the ceiling, her body sliding down the door until she crouched on the floor. Her heart felt as though it was crushed under a heavy boulder, leaving her barely able to breathe.

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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....