The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback novel Chapter 348

Felicia shot him a look and walked right past without a word.

She climbed into Sam’s car and they drove off.

Max stayed where he was, watching Felicia leave, his face completely blank. He turned to his lawyer.

“Mr. Hawthorne.”

“We’ll talk at the office.”

“Yes, sir.”

Everything had gone pretty much as expected.

These days, just infidelity or emotional fallout wasn’t enough for a judge to grant a divorce, especially when Max was so clear about not wanting one.

It wasn’t hopeless, but it would take time.

Now that things were tangled up with money, their best bet was to go after Max’s assets in the divorce.

Felicia had calmed down and accepted how things were.

“Okay,” she said quietly.

As soon as she left the law firm, Felicia’s phone rang. It was Luke.

“Felicia, was today your divorce hearing? How did it go?”

“They’ll announce the verdict later, but honestly, I doubt they’ll approve the divorce,” she replied.

That was pretty much what Luke had expected.

“Felicia, the more you fight Max head-on, the more you feed his need to control things. He’s not the type to back down. When it comes to this divorce, it might be better to just keep it cool and not argue with him about it.”

After thinking things through last night, Felicia realized he was right. Every time she clashed with Max, he just dug his heels in deeper.

Fighting him head-on was pointless.

“I know,” she said.

“So when are you coming back?”

As Luke followed, he heard Max call out, “Luke.”

Luke stopped and turned.

Max was serious. “Luke, I’m going to say this one last time. Don’t waste your time and energy on something that’s never going to happen.”

Luke stared at him. “You really plan to keep Felicia trapped like this forever, Max?”

Max replied, “Even if I divorced her, between you and Jeremy, who do you think she’d pick?”

“Don’t forget, your last name is still Hawthorne.”

Luke’s fists clenched.

There were things he didn’t want to think about, but Max just put it all out there, making him face the truth.

Luke glared at him, anger flickering in his eyes. “If you never felt anything for her, Max, you could have just said no from the start.”

Max looked back, totally calm. “What’s done is done. Talking about it now changes nothing. Luke, face reality. Stop fooling yourself.”