Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Briony threw back the covers and stood up. "It's getting late-I should go," she said briskly.

She headed straight for the door, completely oblivious to the sudden shift in the man's expression behind her.

An instant later, a sharp pain shot through the back of her neck—and then everything went black.

Ferdinand caught Briony's limp body as she collapsed, the madness he'd been holding back now breaking through in his eyes.

"Bryn, if you won't listen, I'm afraid I have no choice but to do this."

...

Briony drifted in and out of consciousness, her mind foggy and her body feeling oddly weightless. Though her senses hadn't fully returned, a flicker of awareness began to stir.

She struggled, brow furrowing as she forced her heavy eyelids open.

Streetlights slid past in blurred streaks, their glow flickering through the windows of a dimly lit car interior.

Was she in someone's car?

Briony tried to sit up, but exhaustion dragged her back under, and she slipped into darkness again.

...

The city streets were nearly empty in the dead of night.

A black sedan trailed behind Ferdinand's car, keeping a careful, steady distance.

minutes later, Ferdinand pulled into the parking garage of a private

carried the unconscious Briony

a stop a short

in black stepped out, his face mostly hidden beneath a baseball cap and a black mask. He moved stealthily, slipping through

suite, Ferdinand placed

young doctor glanced at him uncertainly. "Mr. Ellsworth, are you sure you want to

Briony's unconscious form—a manic possessiveness shining in his

Ferdinand's care before; he knew her

pushed Briony into

the man in black lingered in the shadows, watching. After a moment, he slipped

hour later, Briony was wheeled out

was waiting. "How did it

can rest easy," the doctor assured

flickered across Ferdinand's

hand. "Bryn, you've done well. Don't worry-I won't let you bear the burden of pregnancy.

lay in a deep sleep, unaware of anything that had

pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead. "Soon, Bryn,

finally came to, she found herself

was changing

warmly. "Once this bag's done, you'll be

at her. "What

fainted from low blood sugar. Your friend

friend?" Briony echoed, confused-just as the