Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 126

Hannah burst out, "Can you believe Sophia quoted Mr. Ferguson half our price? It's obvious she's targeting us on purpose!"

Half the price?

Briony just smiled.

"Briony! How are you still smiling right now?" Hannah glared at her, frustrated. "That's downright underhanded! She's blatantly breaking the rules-completely shameless!"

"It's fine." Briony patted Hannah's shoulder reassuringly. "Mr. Ferguson will come back to us."

At those words, Hannah finally relaxed. Briony never made promises lightly-if she said it with that kind of certainty, she must have a plan.

Sure enough, on the night of the Lantern Festival, Mr. Ferguson called again.

Sophia had messed up-badly.

She'd botched the restoration of a late 19th-century porcelain vase, leaving it almost unrecognizable.

choice but to come back

Briony told Hannah to

sense of professional ethics. Even when Mr. Ferguson offered double their original fee, she didn't

Ferguson turned around and

Hudson family was thrown

Hudson-waited outside the studio all afternoon, hoping to catch her. He stayed until nightfall, but Briony never

Leander still waiting, she offered a "helpful” reminder: "Sorry, Mr. Hudson, but our boss already left

left?" Leander frowned. "I've been here the whole time-I didn't see

smiled. "We have two exits.

what

face darkened as he

...

today was the Lantern Festival, and he insisted on

Clarke tried to talk him out of it, even scolded him, but

asked him to bring Irwin to the law

Carl pulled up out front. Stewart, dressed head-to-toe in black, climbed into the car, careful