"Alright."

...

The hospital's emergency room was packed.

With flu cases surging in winter, people even had to wait ages just to see a doctor.

After a moment's hesitation, Briony decided to call Stella.

Ten minutes later, Stella arrived, breathless from hurrying.

Briony didn't want anyone to know she was pregnant, so she used the excuse of the crowded hospital and the risk of infection to send Hannah back to the car to wait.

Hannah, seeing that Briony had a friend with her, didn't think much of it and obediently returned to the car.

Stella took Briony to see her colleague, Dr. Cedric Clarke.

Dr. Clarke was a talented young doctor and got along well with Stella.

After learning Briony was pregnant, Dr. Clarke prescribed her some pregnancy- safe medicine and reminded her to rest at home for the next few days and avoid going out in the cold.

the department, Stella accompanied Briony to

after picking up

own prescription, and when he spotted Briony, his dark

"You sick?"

expected to see him here. She kept her tone flat. "Just a

bag in

she gripped the bag a

of his way to ask about her

in the middle of a divorce.

she cut straight to the point: "I'm free to sign the divorce papers whenever.

that, Stewart's brow creased and he opened his mouth to reply-but before he could, a

did you get the

with a man's suit jacket draped over her shoulders. Standing next to Stewart, she looked especially delicate and dependent, her beautiful, film-star face mostly hidden behind a surgical mask.

medicine too?"

wanting to get entangled with

and whispered, "That's... Rosita, isn't

face- she'd just won a major acting award, and her

Briony nodded slightly.

Rosita to Stewart, and the whole

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