The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max) novel Chapter 8
Sandy’s face went cold. She shot up, palms hitting the table with a sharp smack. “Felicia!”
Felicia didn’t even look back. She just walked away.
Back at her desk, Felicia pulled out a small mirror, checking the thin scratch on her cheek. It was shallow, barely there. She dabbed at it with a wet wipe. No need to fuss over it. On a face like hers, one more mark didn’t make much difference.
She kept thinking about that girl from earlier. There was something oddly familiar about her.
Right before the end of the workday, her phone rang. It was her dad Colton. Her brother Greg had come home and wanted her to join them for dinner.
Her mood lifted instantly. “Greg’s back? I thought he wasn’t coming until the fifteenth.”
“He wrapped things up early,” Colton replied.
“Alright. I’ll come by after work.”
Felicia drove home to the Ross family apartment. It was a spacious, secondhand unit in a newish complex on the west side of the city. Colton ran a mid-sized real estate business. Their life wasn’t flashy, but they’d always been comfortable. Felicia had grown up surrounded by everything she needed.
But now, the real estate market was tanking. About half a year ago, a bad investment had nearly wrecked the company. Colton was aging before her eyes, selling off what he could to dig them out of debt. When he found out she was pregnant with Max’s child, he hadn’t pressured her to go to the Hawthornes to demand anything.
Watching her dad become more tired and worn out, Felicia finally made up her mind. She went to the Hawthorne family herself. She had her own reasons, not just for her father but for herself, too.
Back in her own space, all the stress and hurt melted away. She sat on the edge of her bed, noticing the photo album on her nightstand. She reached for it and flipped it open. The first picture was an old, torn family photo.
She’d been eight years old. Her dad looked young and handsome, holding her close. Her brother, a teenager then, stood on one side. Her mom was on the other… or she had been, until Felicia ripped her out of the picture. She’d hated her mother for taking her brother and leaving her behind. Now, that deep ache was just barely there, a faded memory.
She turned to the next page. There she was in her teens, wearing a white dress and a light brown woven hat, standing under a golden ginkgo tree. The sun lit up her smile. Her long dark hair framed a small, delicate face, her features bright and full of life. And her eyes… they sparkled like stars.
It was before she got sick. The medication made her gain weight, and no matter how hard she tried, dieting and exercising, she couldn’t lose it. All she could do was try not to gain any more.
Suddenly, she remembered the girl from earlier today. There was something about her face, especially her eyes… that looked so much like the girl in the photo. Like her younger self.
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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....