Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Mom only loves the new baby in her belly now!

Irwin's eyes filled with resentment at the thought. He was determined not to let Mom have that new baby!

They had dinner just a block away from the hotel that evening.

It was classic Cloudcrest City cuisine, and honestly, the food was pretty good.

But Briony had little appetite. Even though she'd napped on the plane earlier, it

was only seven-thirty and already she felt drowsy again.

She barely touched her meal, stifling several yawns during dinner.

Stewart finally noticed something was off.

"Tired?" He set down his fork and poured her a glass of warm lemon water, pushing it gently across the table. "Here, have some water."

Briony just glanced at him, her expression unreadable, and didn't take the glass.

Stewart didn't seem to mind-he simply left the cup in front of her.

Irwin, on the other hand, had eaten his fill. Noticing Briony hadn't touched her rice, he asked with concern, "Mom, don't you like the food?"

get suspicious, so

her a long look when he heard

the way back, as they passed a pharmacy, Stewart told the

few minutes later with a small paper bag of

in the car, Stewart handed the

then

said you weren't feeling well, right?" Stewart's voice

pregnancy.

bag and said quietly,

smile tugged

the suite, Briony dutifully poured herself a glass of warm water and retreated to

her, opened the medicine box, and promptly flushed a few pills down the toilet. The rest she left on the

and chatting softly. Before ten, sleepiness overtook her, and she returned to her

her surprise, she

morning, Briony was jolted awake

darting out of her room and straight into the

in his blanket, hair a wild mess

obvious-he'd fallen out of

helped him up, checking him over carefully until she was sure he wasn't hurt. Only then did she breathe