Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 460

"You're cracking jokes again—looks like you're in good spirits," Ferdinand said,

the tension in his voice easing. "That's a relief."

"I'm doing fine, Mr. Ellsworth. You don't need to worry about me."

"So, when are you planning to go back to the old town?"

Briony paused for a moment before replying, "I'm planning to stay here in Northborough."

"You're staying?" Ferdinand's surprise was obvious, mixed with clear confusion. "What made you change your mind so suddenly?"

Briony had always thought of Ferdinand as a friend, so she told him everything- how little Mario had changed these past few months, every detail and nuance.

Ferdinand listened in silence.

It was a long while before he spoke again. "So you plan to leave Mario with the Wentworths, and you'll stay in Northborough for his sake."

"That's right," Briony said. "Mario is officially registered with the Wentworth family now. Stewart and his fiancée have both been kind to him. I asked Mario how he feels, and he likes the way things are. Stewart doesn't restrict me from seeing Mario, so it's more like we're co-parenting."

Stewart's engagement to Lorna Riley had been the talk of Northborough- extravagant, impossible to ignore.

Stewart moving on so quickly, Ferdinand seemed more concerned about

asked quietly. "You just reconciled with your son, and Stewart's already found him a stepmother. It's like he's deliberately trying to get under your

reason, Briony felt that Ferdinand was

in a good mood. And

Ferdinand was her friend, after

always disliked Stewart

first choice would obviously be to have custody of Mario," Briony said evenly, "but Lawyer Hughes told me the odds of regaining custody are slim. Instead of starting a messy battle, I'd rather let

was caught

feel nothing

weren't for his endless delaying and refusal to let

need to worry about me.

for your child's sake-that sounds to me like you're sacrificing too much. Did it ever cross your mind that maybe

herself at a

silence, he realized he'd gone

sigh. "Sorry. That

me." Briony closed her eyes for a moment, wondering how this call had

sighed. "Mr. Ellsworth, I know I'm not doing this

way I

understand your