Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

After dropping James off at his hotel room, Briony hurried back to the hospital.

Julia's condition was stable for now, though she kept insisting on being discharged. The family was still keeping the truth about her illness from her, planning to wait until the treatment plan was finalized before saying anything. Once Briony had calmed Julia down, she went to look for Dr. Cedric Clarke.

Dr. Clarke wasn't in his office. His nurse told her he was in surgery and wouldn't be finished for at least another hour.

Briony nodded, deciding to come back later.

As she passed the nurses' station, she nearly collided with Mack, who was coming out of the patient care room.

Their eyes met, and Briony paused in surprise.

She hadn't expected to run into Mack here. What shocked her even more was the state of his face it was so swollen and bruised he barely looked human.

"Of all people to bump into..." Mack sneered, but the expression tugged painfully at the cut on his lip and he winced, unable to hide his discomfort.

"Damn it..." he muttered under his breath, glaring at Briony with barely contained fury. "Don't think you can just relax because you've latched onto Stewart! Briony, you'd better pray the match doesn't work out otherwise, you'll be the one begging me for help!"

With that, Mack stormed off, his anger echoing in the corridor.

a slight frown creasing

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him to

one to meddle, and with their marriage now on the brink of

would Stewart help her

"Dr. Clarke?"

nurse's voice pulled Briony out

saw Cedric Clarke approaching,

tinged with post-surgery

of her and gave

again," Briony said, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Has my mother's treatment plan

talk inside," he

followed him into his

morning's tests," Dr. Clarke said, handing her several pages. "After consulting with the other physicians, we believe your mother's main issue right now is weakness-her system needs to be strengthened before we can consider

will you

with a bone marrow transplant," Dr. Clarke explained, adjusting his glasses. "If there's a compatible donor, surgery is our