Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 47

Half-conscious, Briony caught the faint scent of something familiar.

She coughed, clutching her aching throat as she forced her eyes open.

The car was dim inside, streetlights flickering through the windows as they passed by. The shifting glow and shadow jolted her memory into place.

This was Stewart's car.

She sat up abruptly, scanning the front seat. Stewart glanced at her in the rearview mirror. "You're awake?"

Fragments of memory from before she blacked out drifted back. The last person she remembered seeing... was Stewart? But why would Stewart be there?

"How are you feeling now?" His deep voice broke through the silence, pulling her out of her thoughts.

She touched her neck pain flared beneath her fingers. She didn't need a mirror to know it was probably bruised.

The Kensingtons had finally managed to turn Mack into a second Malcolm. She felt no sorrow about it.

She'd grown up in the countryside with her grandfather. Other than her mother, who'd sneak away to see her whenever she could, the rest of the Kensington family had always treated her with cold indifference. If her grandfather hadn't died when she was eighteen, the Kensingtons never would've bothered bringing her back.

real plan was to marry her off for some strategic alliance. As long as the man was powerful enough, the Kensingtons didn't care if

"Do you know how much their family's offering as a dowry? Five million! Dad says if we get

that moment on, Briony stopped expecting

she never would've come back tonight to endure this

car slowed to a stop. Briony stayed quiet,

glanced back at her. "Are you feeling

read his expression. "I'm fine." She

low laugh. "What do

come looking for her. It wasn't the first time he'd

paperwork complicated by her untimely death. If she died before they signed the papers, he'd be

grave. "Whatever your

mouth twitched in the faintest of smiles. The light turned green; he faced forward

glided down the road. Briony glanced outside, eyebrows knitting. "Where

"The hospital," he replied.

she went to the

Briony blurted out, panic rising in

slow down. "It's better to get you

shot back. "Pull over. I

frowned, eyeing her in the mirror. "You seem pretty