Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

After they arrived at the hotel-

Stella swiped the keycard and pushed the door open. Briony's face twisted in discomfort; she clapped a hand over her mouth and rushed straight into the bathroom.

Retching echoed from inside.

"Bryn—” Stella called, hurrying after her.

Outside the bathroom, Stewart and Cedric Clarke waited in the hallway, listening

to Briony's painful vomiting. Both men wore grim expressions.

It was a while before the sounds finally subsided.

Stella emerged, supporting a pale and exhausted Briony as they left the bathroom together.

The room had two beds. Stella guided Briony to one and helped her lie down.

Briony was clearly feeling awful-she barely managed to close her eyes before slipping into a restless sleep.

Stella pressed her palm to Briony's forehead.

A slight fever.

She tucked the blanket around Briony, then got up and stepped outside the room. Looking straight at Cedric Clarke, she said, "Leave your first aid kit with me."

Cedric handed it over, concern etched on his face. "Is she all right?"

someone, she was throwing up nonstop on the flight and now, just

Cedric had no answer.

a sharp motion, Stella snatched the kit from Cedric's hands and shut the door in

head. "Man, look at

pressed into a thin

turned and strode toward the

after him, "Hey, where are

...

Stella

99.9 degrees.

least her fever

kit, rummaged through it, but found nothing suitable for pregnant

no other option, she soaked a cloth in rubbing alcohol and gently wiped Briony's forehead

furrowed in distress. Even unconscious, she

her friend, and she silently cursed Stewart all over

had a vague sense of someone tending to her, but her eyelids felt impossibly heavy; she

blurred and shifted. Somewhere in that fog, she heard

"Bryn... Bryn..."

and found herself

tunnel stretched on and on, so long she began

another voice echoed

go any further!

She stopped and turned.

transformed into a sun-dappled

she was little, her grandfather taught her to ride a bike along a path just like this. She'd been so afraid of falling, always struggling to learn, but her grandfather never scolded her. He was always there with a