Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

The air went still, thick with unspoken tension.

Scarlett turned slowly, her movements heavy and deliberate.

Their eyes met, and Briony felt her heart plummet.

Scarlett stared at her, disbelief etched deep into eyes still swollen and red from days of weeping.

"How is this possible..." Scarlett shook her head, let out a hollow, humorless laugh, then whipped around to glare at Quentin, her voice trembling with fury. "Why? Why is this about Bryn?"

Quentin just smiled, cold and unrepentant. “Because I can't stand her," he replied, his tone casual, almost flippant. "I don't want to see Briony happy. So anyone close to her anyone she cares about I'll make sure they pay for it."

"That's your reason?" Scarlett's laugh broke apart into sobs, tears streaming down her face. "Quentin! I'll kill you! You bastard-!”

Scarlett screamed and launched herself at Quentin, but a pair of officers caught her just in time, holding her back as she thrashed in their arms.

Quentin watched her unravel, then threw his head back and laughed, wild and triumphant.

It was too much for Scarlett. Her body crumpled, and she fainted dead away.

Ableson and the police hurried to get her to the hospital.

As Quentin was being led away to the holding cells, he fixed Briony with a chilling, venomous grin. Even with his hands cuffed, he managed to drag a finger across his throat in a grotesque, mocking threat.

James's fists clenched at the sight; he looked ready to lunge, but Briony grabbed his arm, stopping him.

The two of them stepped out of the police station, James seething. "That Quentin is a real piece of work. All that charm—just a mask for a monster."

Briony said nothing.

and realized she'd fallen behind, her head bowed, lost in

said get to you. He

shaking her head. "It's just...

"What do you mean?"

hatred for me is so... sudden." She frowned, thinking

widened as the pieces began to fall into place. "You think this is about

not sure. We don't have

wouldn't put it past them," James muttered, stroking his chin. "But Quentin's the heir to the Lockwood family. He runs the

Even if they were, how many brothers

The head of the Lockwoods,

There has to be something else going on, something we

Rosita's definitely not as simple as she looks. Should we―" James was interrupted by Briony's

purposely switched off silent mode these past few days, terrified she might miss any

was Dr. Cedric

answered immediately.

said. "We're

be there as soon as

up, and she and James

Hospital had fallen on hard times after

the ambulance, Scarlett woke up sobbing in Ableson's arms, crying out for

her, and he did his best to comfort her as they sped toward the

before they arrived, Ableson's phone rang. It was

would be at the hospital soon. Ableson was

moment they arrived, he and Scarlett

were waiting outside the