Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 114

Hearing that, the new mother finally let out a relieved sigh.

Briony lingered in the doorway, watching the woman in the hospital bed. The lifelessness in her own eyes gradually faded.

She turned and walked into her own room.

James saw her pick up some clothes and head for the bathroom, baffled.

"Where are you going?"

Briony paused and glanced back at him, her expression calm and a faint smile on her lips. "I'm getting changed. I'm being discharged."

James blinked, his striking hazel eyes going wide. "Wait, you mean-?"

Briony's lips curved upward. Her voice was gentle but resolute. "I've decided not to go through with the procedure."

"You're... not?" James was surprised, but a smile broke through as he realized the meaning. "Really, you're not?"

She nodded. "From the moment I found out about them, I kept trying to let them go. Including today, that's three times now I tried and failed. People keep saying earthquakes are rare in a city like Northborough. Maybe it's a sign—even fate wants these babies to stay. Maybe they just really want me as their mom."

Some things in life just can't be explained by science.

was certain: these two children would become

more vivid-full

that's what life is all

going to have them," Briony said softly, resting her hands over her

afraid he'd try to take them from me. So, I'm going to need your

an eyebrow. "Are you kidding? I'm their godfather! With me in their corner, that deadbeat dad won't get anywhere near

the first time in a long while, Briony felt at peace.

she came out, Stella had finished her rounds

already filled Stella in

Briony's hands in hers. “So,

that mean I get to be

"Star, thank you for everything.

spirits so obviously lifted, Stella

don't get all sentimental on me," Stella said with a laugh. "Now, let's get you

wrote out the prescriptions and had James take Briony to the pharmacy to pick them up-she had to get

and James walked

the emergency room behind them—a loud crash of medical equipment, followed

of your damn mind? Where do you