Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 110

“I didn't mean it like that." Briony pressed her lips together, sighing softly as she stood up. "I appreciate what you're trying to do for me, but my mind's made up."

James stood too, watching her closely. "You're really sure about this?"

She nodded, her voice firm. "I used to worry about how I'd hide the surgery from you, but now that you know, I just ask that you keep this to yourself."

Seeing her resolve, James dropped the argument.

"Don't worry I won't say a word." He hesitated, then asked, "What time's your surgery tomorrow?"

"Nine."

"I'll drive you to the hospital in the morning."

"That's not necessary." Briony didn't want to trouble him. "Stella's already at the hospital. She'll make sure everything's set."

James shook his head. "Before they left, our mentors insisted I look after you. If you want me to keep this secret, at least let me be there. I'll only relax once I know you're out of surgery and safe."

Briony opened her mouth to protest, but James cut her off. "It's settled. If you say no, I'll call our mentors right now."

Briony: "..."

She sighed, realizing there was no point fighting it. She didn't want the two elders worrying about her, so she let James have his way.

next morning, 8:10

cruised steadily through the city

car was quiet, the

so often, James glanced at Briony in the passenger seat. Milo sat quietly by the window, gazing out at the

Rover rolled

flashed with an

out,

her thoughts, glanced at the billboard,

kid yesterday-he kept calling her 'Mom Rosita.'

"She's not a stepmom."

at her, confused.

"Rosita's Irwin's biological mother."

Are you kidding me? So you and Stewart were married, but Irwin is Rosita's son? That means...

Briony rubbed her temples,

to hide, so she laid it all

for a good thirty seconds, jaw clenched, before finally muttering, "What a

get everything he wanted out of this marriage. And you? You spent

himself before finishing the

as distant

you, and he's not exactly a charmer, either. Makes sense now-he takes after Rosita. You should stay away from him from now on. With a mother like that, he's bound to be

lashes fluttered, and she murmured,

hospital, James parked in the underground