Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 88

After they got in the car, Stella unscrewed her insulated bottle and handed it to

Briony. "Here, drink some warm water. With that injury on your head and another sleepless night behind you, your body's going to give out if you don't take care of yourself."

Briony kept her gaze down and shook her head slightly, almost as if talking to herself. "Where do you think my mom could've gone?"

Stella pressed her lips together, at a loss for an answer.

From the back seat, Gina suddenly slapped her thigh. "Why don't we just ask Attorney Wentworth?"

Stewart?

Stella turned to look at Gina. "Why would we talk to him?"

"We went to Attorney Wentworth's office together yesterday morning."

"What?" Stella was stunned. "Why didn't you mention this earlier?"

"You guys... never asked."

Briony looked over at Gina. "Why did my mom go to his office?”

with Attorney Wentworth, too. After a while, your mom told

let's go to the law office

Stella started the car without

days had been hectic for Stewart-late nights at the

with her schedule suddenly

she arrived bright and early, carrying a homemade breakfast. As she stepped out of her car, she caught sight of a white BMW parked by the curb. Rosita paused for a second, then looked away and strode gracefully

knocked on

the pages. Without looking up,

walking straight to his

at the intimidating stack of files, her brows drawing together. Her tone was gentle but carried a

a noncommittal

set the breakfast down in front of him. "Stewart, I know how much this case means to you, but you still need to eat and keep a normal routine.

it there. I'll eat after I finish

for permission, Rosita slipped the files from

as he finally looked

unmistakable flicker of impatience in

files behind her back and tilting her chin up in mock defiance. "If you don't eat, I'm calling Irwin to tell him you're

workaholic again. He specifically asked me to make sure you took

the mention of Irwin, Stewart gave

brow, he let out a quiet sigh.

picked up the breakfast and was just about to open it