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.

believe in fate or superstition, but right now, one thing was certain: these two children would become Briony's

brighter, more vivid-full of life

what life

resting her hands over her belly. "They're my

he'd try to take them from me. So,

me in their corner, that deadbeat dad won't get anywhere near your

long while, Briony felt at peace. She turned and

the time she came out, Stella had finished her rounds and

already filled Stella in

She took Briony's hands

that mean

hands gratefully. "Star, thank

obviously lifted, Stella

get all sentimental on me," Stella said with a laugh.

Briony to the pharmacy to pick them

James walked side by side down

loud crash of medical equipment, followed by Cedric Clarke's

you out of your damn