Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 14

At the start of the year, Briony bought a new place right next to her studio in the Dolphin Cove complex.

It was a spacious apartment-about fifteen hundred square feet, three bedrooms in all. She took one room for herself, gave another to her mother, and converted the smallest into a cozy study.

The apartment came fully finished, but Briony had hired an interior designer to redo the decor. The renovation wrapped up three months ago, so she could move in with nothing more than her suitcase.

After dropping off her luggage at the new apartment, Briony headed straight back to her studio.

She worked late into the night, pushing herself until sheer exhaustion finally forced her to the break room.

After washing up, she collapsed onto the narrow bed and drifted into a deep sleep.

But that night, her rest was anything but peaceful. She tossed and turned through

a jumble of dreams, waking up in the morning with no memory of any of them- just a dull ache behind her eyes.

Rubbing her temples, Briony shuffled into the bathroom to get ready for the day. When she came out, her phone was buzzing on the nightstand.

It was Stewart calling.

She ignored it.

She could guess it was about Irwin.

She'd already made up her mind to get a divorce-it was best to make a clean break.

Rosita's biological child, after all. Given some time, Briony was sure Irwin would grow attached to her real

phone into her purse, Briony set off for the

inside Dr.

period and the ultrasound, you're at five weeks

took the paper, her gaze fixed on the grainy black-and-white

on the printout, "-it looks like twins." Briony

looked up.

weeks, we can detect two heartbeats, then we'll know for

thin, pale line as

Briony's

all, these were her own children-possibly twins. Anyone would find

beyond that, these were

knew all about Briony's feelings for

anyone else in the world like Briony who would spend five long years loving a man, quietly, faithfully, even knowing that he might ask for a

Briony had loved humbly but

for Stewart... Stella suspected he had never

lifting her gaze to

pretty eyes shimmered with tears,

as you decide before twelve

the report into her

"I won't."

had to get back to work, and Briony didn't want to keep

department, Briony took the elevator down to