Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 60

Briony listened to Irwin's sharp words, feeling nothing but numbness inside.

Maybe it was for the best. She wasn't Irwin's mother, after all. Maybe it was time to let things go back to how they should be.

She would step out of Stewart and Irwin's lives for good, and let everything return to its proper course.

Without another glance back, Briony turned and walked straight for the door.

"Briony "

A sudden fit of coughing cut through the silence.

Stewart's face changed instantly. "Irwin?"

Irwin was gasping for breath, clutching his chest as he began to collapse.

"Irwin!" Stewart scooped him into his arms, turning desperately to Briony. "He's having an asthma attack!"

Briony's hand froze on the doorknob.

"Mom... cough... Mom..." Even as Stewart held him, Irwin's pale face was contorted in pain. Despite everything, he instinctively reached out a trembling hand toward Briony, pleading, "Mom, I can't breathe... cough..."

Briony's grip on the doorknob tightened.

She squeezed her eyes shut, telling herself not to give in. Stewart was here—he'd make sure Irwin was alright...

"Where's Irwin's inhaler?!"

faltered, then

clutching the breathless boy, his

lost all its earlier defiance. Now, he just looked

chest. Releasing the door, she rushed upstairs toward the

her, Irwin limp in his

bedroom, Briony yanked open the top drawer

gradually steadied. Nestled in Briony's

on the bed

Briony didn't say a word, nor did she look at

for Irwin with quiet tenderness, something

brushed a hand over Irwin's pale cheek, then

Stewart called after her.

look back,

hurried to catch

"There's a blizzard out there. No way you'll get a cab tonight. Just stay here,

out the

clear that morning, but now the sky was heavy and gray, snow swirling through the biting wind. It was truly

her wrist free of his grasp. "Don't worry about me. If I managed to

started down

Irwin wakes up, he'll want to see you," Stewart

Briony stopped, halfway down.

looked up at him, standing at

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