Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Julia was missing.

Stella and Gina had spent hours combing the area around Dolphin Cove with Briony, but there wasn't a single clue to be found.

Night had fallen, New Year's Eve was one day closer, and the sky was dumping endless snow, blanketing the entire city in a relentless blizzard.

Briony wandered through the storm like a lost child, searching for any trace of Julia.

Where could her mother have gone?

This city was so vast, and yet the only place her mother could truly call home was their modest apartment near Dolphin Cove-a hundred square meters and nothing more. But Julia wasn't there.

Why did she leave?

Briony couldn't make sense of it. The guilt gnawed at her; she blamed herself for not looking after her mother, for not being thoughtful enough...

The wind and snow grew harsher, battering her slender frame until she staggered. Several times she slipped and fell, but each time she stubbornly pushed herself back to her feet.

No matter how Stella tried to talk sense into her, Briony wouldn't listen. Searching for someone on foot in weather like this was madness-pure self-punishment.

Finally, when reasoning failed, Stella and Gina resorted to force, dragging Briony back into the car.

four in the morning, Cedric Clarke's

was on the

missing, Cedric sprang out of bed, dressed in record time, grabbed his car keys, and rushed

pulled up outside

idled nearby, headlights

approached,

so sorry to trouble you again, Dr. Clarke,"

Northborough, even the Kensingtons wouldn't dare turn Cedric away. The situation was urgent, and Briony

one look at her face and frowned. "Wait in the car.

body ragged with exhaustion. The bandage on her forehead was spotted with blood; running around in this weather

Clarke's right, Bryn. Wait

and said nothing,

Hudson hasn't been found yet

to Briony. She

and stared anxiously out the window, watching as Stella and Cedric Clarke disappeared into the

The wait was agonizing.

kept her eyes glued to the

Kensingtons found her