Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 550

After James tucked little Nina into bed, he turned around and saw Briony carrying little Mario in her arms. "What happened?" he asked quietly.

"I'm going to lie down with the kids for a while." Briony's voice was soft, her face giving nothing away.

James recognized it for what it was a way to avoid everything.

In the end, he said nothing more. He stepped out of the room, gently pulling the door closed behind him.

Briony settled little Mario onto the bed, then lay down beside her two children. "Mom's here. Let's rest together, okay?"

Little Mario closed his eyes, drifting off almost instantly.

Briony watched her children's peaceful faces, then let her own eyes slip shut.

Outside, the wind and rain continued unabated.

Inside, the room was silent, broken only by the steady, even breathing of the children.

With her eyes closed, Briony couldn't help but replay the man's last words in her mind-

[Bryn, do you still resent me?]

Did she?

She hadn't answered him.

Because, truthfully, she didn't know the answer herself.

...

When Briony woke again, the rain had eased and the sky had brightened a little.

glanced at the

much better spirits after their

was the thing about kids-their moods changed

child's hand in each of

over. "Awake at last! I went up around lunchtime, but you three were so sound asleep I didn't have the

had slept a long

weather," Briony replied. "I lay down with them and must've dozed

you want to eat? I'll whip something up

"Just some noodles, please."

"You got it!"

little Mario were already off,

still groggy from

her head

the front door

up at the

had come out of nowhere and had been falling for hours, showing no sign of

phone was still in her purse,

the phone, only to see multiple missed calls -Cedric Clarke, Carl,

calls, she wasn't even sure who to call

her phone

stared at his name on the screen, hesitated, and let it ring

again. And again.

the battery died and

phone back into

little while later, Marlene finished making the noodles. Briony called the

wash their hands and come

little Mario

ts at the table,