Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 176

Mom only loves the new baby in her belly now!

Irwin's eyes filled with resentment at the thought. He was determined not to let Mom have that new baby!

They had dinner just a block away from the hotel that evening.

It was classic Cloudcrest City cuisine, and honestly, the food was pretty good.

But Briony had little appetite. Even though she'd napped on the plane earlier, it

was only seven-thirty and already she felt drowsy again.

She barely touched her meal, stifling several yawns during dinner.

Stewart finally noticed something was off.

"Tired?" He set down his fork and poured her a glass of warm lemon water, pushing it gently across the table. "Here, have some water."

Briony just glanced at him, her expression unreadable, and didn't take the glass.

Stewart didn't seem to mind-he simply left the cup in front of her.

Irwin, on the other hand, had eaten his fill. Noticing Briony hadn't touched her rice, he asked with concern, "Mom, don't you like the food?"

jet-lagged," Briony replied, not wanting Stewart to get suspicious, so she made up an

gave her a long look when he

back, as they passed a pharmacy,

inside and emerged a few minutes later

Stewart handed

then

you weren't feeling well, right?" Stewart's voice was

remembered her pregnancy. Keeping the medicine

took the bag and said

ambiguous smile

Briony dutifully poured herself

opened the medicine box, and promptly flushed a few pills down the toilet. The rest she left

James, gazing at the city lights and chatting softly. Before ten, sleepiness overtook her,

to her surprise, she slept soundly through

jolted

shot upright, instinctively darting out of her room and straight

Irwin was sitting on the floor beside the bed, still wrapped in his blanket, hair a wild mess as he cried his

was obvious-he'd fallen out of

helped him up, checking him over carefully until she was sure he

around the room,

wrapping his arms around her neck. "Mom, I landed on