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

phone into

inside Dr. Stella's private

the ultrasound, you're at five weeks and

her gaze fixed on

Stella pointed to a tiny shadow on the printout, "-it

up.

gently. "If, at around seven weeks, we can detect two heartbeats,

as she

could see Briony's resolve start

these were her own children-possibly twins. Anyone would find it hard to let

beyond that, these were

all about Briony's feelings for

five long years loving a man, quietly, faithfully, even knowing that he might ask for a divorce at any

their marriage, Briony had loved humbly but

had never

it," Briony said after a long pause, lifting her gaze to meet Stella's.

tears, confusion

heart ached for her. "As long as

Briony tucked the report into her bag. "Please don't tell

"I won't."

back to work, and Briony didn't

OB-GYN department, Briony took the