The trio stepped out of the hotel lobby. Tatiana was waiting inside her car. Watching the three of them emerge looking like a perfect family, her expression instantly darkened. The driver hurried to open the door, and she stepped out onto the pavement.
"Grandma!" Anne called out the moment she saw her.
Tatiana quickly masked her displeasure. By the time she looked down at Anne, her eyes were filled with nothing but affectionate warmth.
Max led Anne forward as a bodyguard stepped up to take the large bag of stuffed animals from his hand.
"When does your flight leave?" Tatiana asked.
"I need to head out soon," Max replied. He then gave her a few brief instructions regarding Anne's care.
Mindful of the child's presence, Tatiana held her tongue and refrained from starting an argument.
Felicia stood a short distance behind Max, waiting patiently until they finished their conversation.
"Mommy!" Anne called out.
Felicia stepped forward to give her daughter a proper goodbye.
Turning back to Max, Anne gave him one final reminder. "Daddy, you have to come back as quickly as you can so you can have the wedding with Mommy, okay?"
"Max, what on earth is this nonsense about you and Felicia having a wedding?" she demanded the second he answered. "How could you make such a massive decision without consulting your father and me first? After the terrible attitude she has shown, you still want to marry her? Has she completely bewitched you? Did you somehow miss the fact that she has been running around with other men, hopelessly entangled in scandalous affairs? She is publicly humilating you and dragging the Hawthorne family name through the mud. What right does she have to be Anne's mother? If she cared about that child even a fraction of an inch, she would never have paraded around with another man. Are you truly this foolish, Max, or are you just playing blind? Even your grandma will absolutely refuse to bless this wedding."
Tatiana's voice trembled with agitation as she fired off question after question. Her chest heaved violently, her anger so intense she could barely catch her breath. The more she thought about Felicia, the more her disgust grew until it morphed into pure hatred. Recalling the videos of Felicia laughing and strolling through the streets on a date with another man made her want to slap the woman across the face. How had her son ever gotten tangled up with someone like that? The very idea of accepting such a shameless woman into her family felt like a personal humiliation.
Max listened to his mother's tirade in complete silence. He waited until she had vented all her fury before calmly speaking. "Mom, do not say anything reckless to Anne right now. Wait until I get back. I will sit down with you, Dad, and Grandma to discuss this properly."
He used the word discuss, but it was clear his decision was already finalized.
Tatiana gripped her phone tightly, her stance uncompromising. "Max, you have always insisted on making your own decisions and doing things your way, and I have always respected that. But this time, I do not care what you say. I will absolutely never allow you to marry Felicia."

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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....