Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 554

James didn't say another word. He turned and walked away.

...

On the way back, Briony suddenly said she wanted to stop by Pearbrook.

James pulled the car over by the roadside near the river.

He walked with her across the crosswalk and onto the sidewalk that bordered Pearbrook.

Late summer nights after a storm always carried a sticky dampness to the city. The river ran swift, its waters churning rather than calm.

The rain had only just let up. There was no one else by the river.

Briony stood gazing out at the dark water, silent for a long time.

James simply stayed by her side, keeping quiet.

Across Pearbrook was Briony's new home; just a crosswalk separated them from

it.

The damp night breeze tugged at her long hair.

Briony lifted a hand to brush the strands from her cheek.

Cedric Clarke's words from the police station echoed in her mind-

[Stewart always said he didn't want a funeral. He just asked me to scatter his ashes in Pearbrook. But now...]

"But now there's nothing left. His last wish can't even be fulfilled."

words, barely audible. James caught only a fragment and leaned in, his voice low,

"It's nothing."

river.

at her, but the night was so dark he couldn't make out the expression on

they returned to Skybreeze Retreat, they

on the

saw her, she jumped up and hurried over, worry

tried to reassure her with a

to come!" Stella replied. "I brought the nanny too. Cedric's going to be swamped with work for the next few days, and there's not

are the ones who'll be busy. There's not much happening

Stella didn't know Briony as well as she did,

upstairs with me," Stella said, tugging Briony up to the second floor without

Briony into a bedroom and closed

without a word, Stella pulled her into a tight hug. "Cry if you

stood still for a few seconds, then

frowned, studying her

sighed. "Star, I'm not feeling that kind of

really hate Stewart that

head. "The moment I heard he was gone,

my feelings

heart

look out

night was pitch black, nothing

almost

not devastated by Stewart's death. It just feels... unresolved.

hand. "You still

Briony didn't deny it.

the man she once loved with five years of her youth. Even after deciding