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.

time, Briony was sure Irwin would grow

changed and slipped her phone into her purse, Briony set

department, inside Dr.

last period and the ultrasound, you're at five weeks and

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

to a tiny shadow on the printout, "-it looks like

looked up. "Are

"If, at around seven weeks, we can detect two heartbeats, then we'll know for sure it's twins. And with

into a thin, pale line as she clutched the report-at

Briony's resolve

twins. Anyone would find

beyond that, these were Stewart's

all about Briony's

would spend five long years loving a man, quietly, faithfully, even knowing that he might ask for

had loved humbly but

had never truly been invested, not

a long pause, lifting her gaze to meet Stella's.

eyes shimmered with tears, confusion written all over

ached for her. "As long as you decide before

Briony tucked the report into her bag.

"I won't."

back to work, and Briony didn't want to

OB-GYN department, Briony took the elevator down to the