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 clock.

in much better spirits after their

kids-their moods changed

child's hand in each of hers, Briony led them down the

but you

had slept

weather," Briony replied. "I lay down with them

do you want to eat? I'll whip

"Just some noodles, please."

"You got it!"

Mario were already off,

groggy

her head pounding

the front door

up at the

rain had come out of nowhere and had been falling for hours,

still in her purse, which she'd left

only to see multiple missed calls

calls, she wasn't even sure who to call

phone

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

again. And

battery died and the phone shut

phone

while later, Marlene finished making the noodles. Briony

their hands and come

and well-behaved, little Nina and little Mario washed

ts at the table,