Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Briony ignored her and focused on her own meal, barely glancing up.

That New Year's Eve dinner was shrouded in an uneasy, suffocating silence.

Stella ate in tears, each bite swallowed with more saltwater than food.

Briony, on the other hand, managed to eat quite a bit.

But as she cleared the table, she suddenly clamped a hand over her mouth and bolted for the bathroom, where she threw up everything she'd eaten.

Stella panicked, but Briony just offered a faint smile and murmured that she was simply tired.

It was barely nine o'clock-hours still to go before midnight.

Stella gently supported Briony, helping her to bed.

In the past three days, Briony had barely slept a wink.

And if Briony was awake, Stella couldn't rest either.

Given the state Briony was in, Stella refused to leave her side. She'd called their parents earlier to explain, and they understood, reminding her to take good care of Briony.

Once Briony lay down, exhaustion overtook her and she drifted off almost instantly.

before she knew it,

had passed when Briony, half-dreaming, heard someone calling her

streaking her face, her

Boom! Boom! Boom-

a riot of fireworks, bursting in brilliant color.

glanced over at Stella, who was fast

Year's. She needed to find

...

noise and celebration. Families and friends flocked together

wove unsteadily through the revelers

tradition to welcome the new year with wishes and

at the glowing lanterns until

the dam she'd held for three days finally broke; tears rushed down her

Year's. Why aren't you

and cheers filled the night, but Briony gripped the railing, calling

was swallowed by the crowd-no one

how she called, there would never be

her. Her

no longer

behind, voices shouted fresh wishes into the