Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 246

Even though this wasn't the first time Ableson had seen his daughter reach for Cedric Clarke's hand, he still found it hard to watch.

The old man closed his eyes and let out a heavy sigh.

Scarlett glanced at her husband, then turned to Cedric with a warm smile. "Dr. Clarke, Ableson and I are going to pick up a few things. Would you mind staying with Stella for a bit?"

Cedric nodded. "Of course."

With that, Scarlett gently pulled Ableson out of the hospital room.

The couple wandered into the small park tucked behind the hospital wing.

Scarlett broke the silence. "So, how did your chat with Dr. Clarke go?"

"Dr. Clarke's a good man. He's level-headed." Ableson took off his reading glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "But when a man's around the woman he likes, all that self-control can go out the window."

Some things, he knew, simply couldn't be

don't quite see

at his wife with a hint of

for him, she might not have made it..." Scarlett's voice

won't be here to watch over Stella forever. She's always been a little scatterbrained, too blunt for her own good, always saying she'll never get married. But if she

pressed his lips together,

Scarlett had a point.

daughter's choices, but, just as Scarlett said, their time with

hopeless at looking after herself-couldn't cook, couldn't keep a

thoughtful. "If it's Dr. Clarke, I think he'd truly care for Stella. And I've done my homework-the Clarkes may be an old-money family, but they have a solid reputation. Cedric has two older brothers: the eldest is set to inherit, the second went into show

What, if Stella says yes, are you ready to hand her over

grew serious. "I'm just scared, Ableson. After everything that's happened, I mean it-I just want someone who can

for a long moment,

just take it