Felicia set her phone down, ultimately deciding to ignore Max's silent plea for attention.
"Is everything alright?" Darin asked.
"Yeah," she replied. She turned and walked over to a nearby bench, taking a seat in the morning sun. Darin followed, sitting down beside her as he looked out across the yard.
"Whatever happened that night with Jeremy... I suspect Dannie acted entirely on her own," Darin said quietly.
Felicia cast a sharp sideways glance at him. "Are you stepping up to defend him now?"
"I am not defending him," Darin clarified gently. "I just do not want to see you stressing over his actions. Ultimately, you are the only one who suffers when your mood crashes."
"The best way to prevent my mood from crashing would be for him to stop hovering around me in the first place," Felicia stated firmly.
Darin let out a low chuckle. "Fair enough. I will be sure to pass that exact message along to him."
Felicia shot him a warning look before turning her gaze back to the children. They sat in comfortable silence for a long time before Darin spoke again.
"Once you start showing, you will not be able to hide it anymore." Even if Felicia could manage to avoid Max indefinitely, she could not keep him away from Anne. If Anne found out, Max would inevitably discover the truth. Given how aggressively stubborn Max was acting now, Darin knew that learning about the pregnancy would only make him more unyielding.
"I will deal with the future when it arrives," Felicia replied softly.
Darin nodded, knowing better than to push the subject. No amount of talking on his end would change anything. It all depended on that stubborn fool getting his own act together.

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max)
Take her back? Want to see her?? Donno about Felicia but I think I’m falling for this Max somehow🫠🙈pls update daily...
I knew it! Hopefully Felicia's health will improve and will want to have the baby. Oh how I despise Max's family....
Please post *I forgot I ever loved you*...
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....