Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones

Chapter 23

“About Malcolm… Why didn’t you get a divorce after what he did to you?” Chadwick looked at her worriedly. There were touches of emotions in hist eyes that Tabitha could not comprehend. “Is it because you can’t let go of him?”

“Of course not.” Tabitha had a clear idea of love and hate. When she loved. someone, she could pour in everything and not expect anything in return, but once she decided to let go, she would never want to drag things out.

She closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them again, the cloudiness in the depths of her eyes lifted. Now, hatred and determination. were clearly visible in her eyes.

“It’s because of Naomi. She killed my parents. I won’t let her have her way,”

she stated.

Chadwick had never seen that look in Tabitha’s eyes before and was shocked. He asked, “What happened?”

Tabitha pursed her lips and gave a brief account of the accident that happened eight years ago.

“I’ve been looking for witnesses to the accident that day but afterward, Naomi seemed to vanish into thin air, and I couldn’t find her,” she elaborated.

Behind Naomi, there seemed to be an invisible power protecting her. No matter how hard Tabitha tried, she seemed to make no progress at all.

Even the investigator Tabitha hired a few days ago ended up helping Naomi set her up.

Later on, she tried to look for the investigator named Vernon, but he disappeared. His phone couldn’t be reached, and the detective agency he was from had even closed down.

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closure or even find any clues. It had been so long that she now harbored

so miserable and

you mentioned this to

he was afraid that Tabitha would be in

“No,” she answered.

Tabitha’s parents, Raphael and Meghan’s accident, Tabitha had not met Alaric yet. Although efforts were made to investigate after the

thought that there was no end to investigating this matter. Thus, after she married into the Sinclair family, she

again after eight years. ‘I swear I’ll find out the truth behind what happened back then, and I won’t let her get away with it anymore!‘ Tabitha vowed to

indeed turn to

last time Alaric found out that Malcolm was looking for a mistress outside, he was so furious that his heart

her. She could not bear to

Tabitha’s explanation, Chadwick immediately offered,

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strong sense of justice. Her name is Colette Ingram. I’ll introduce

was grateful and thanked him. “Well then, when can I contact Ms.

Colette and asked about her schedule.

seemed to know each other quite well, and Tabitha began to calm down

knew a lawyer who could be trusted.

Chadwick said with some regret, “Colette has just taken a case and is outstation. She’ll only be back in Xosa after a few days.

could not be rushed in a short time either. “It doesn’t matter. I have waited for eight

asked again, “About

go with you on time,” he

she replied.

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