Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 46

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.

horizons," but everyone knew the real plan was to marry her

you know how much their family's offering as a dowry? Five million! Dad says if we get the money, he'll

stopped expecting anything from

never would've come back tonight to

car slowed to a stop. Briony

at her. "Are you

met his eyes in the dim light, unable to read his expression. "I'm fine." She hesitated,

let out a low laugh. "What do you

silent. She knew, really, that Stewart had come looking for her. It wasn't the first time he'd stepped in to help. But she wouldn't let herself read too much

paperwork complicated by her untimely death. If she died before they signed the papers, he'd be a widower instead of a divorcee-a little too ominous for someone like

together, her tone grave. "Whatever your reasons, the fact remains-you

light turned green; he faced forward and

the road. Briony glanced

"The hospital," he replied.

breath caught. If she went to the hospital

Briony blurted out, panic rising in her voice. "I

down. "It's better to get you

my own body," Briony shot back. "Pull over.

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

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