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?"

to get suspicious, so she made up an excuse on the

a long look when

back, as they passed a pharmacy, Stewart told the

a few minutes later

in the car, Stewart handed the

it, then looked

you weren't feeling well, right?" Stewart's voice was low and

pregnancy.

bag and said quietly, "Thank

ambiguous smile tugged

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

opened the medicine box, and promptly flushed

out on the little balcony with Stella James, gazing at the city lights and chatting softly. Before ten, sleepiness overtook her, and she returned to

to her surprise, she slept soundly through the

the early morning, Briony was jolted awake by the sound

shot upright, instinctively darting out of her room and straight into the

Irwin was sitting on the floor beside the bed, still wrapped in his blanket, hair a wild mess as he cried his heart

was obvious-he'd fallen out of

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