Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 240

Briony pressed her lips together, not in the mood to deal with Stewart right now.

Still, she had to admit-if Stewart hadn't helped, Stella wouldn't have been rescued from Garry so quickly.

Stewart stopped right in front of her, dark eyes fixed on her face. "Why aren't you going in?"

"It doesn't make any difference if I wait here," Briony replied quietly.

"Is it because you saw me?"

Briony said nothing.

Stewart didn't press further, just gave a faint, wry smile. "Stella's a fighter-she wants to live. You don't have to worry too much. I'll get going."

With that, he stepped past Briony and walked away.

She didn't acknowledge him, but his words settled her nerves a little.

As long as Stella survived, that was all that mattered.

***

The surgery dragged on until eight that evening.

Finally, the lead surgeon emerged and announced that the operation had been a

success.

At the news, Scarlett and Ableson broke down in each other's arms, weeping with relief.

Cedric Clarke hugged the surgeon, barely able to contain his excitement. He kept thanking him again and again.

Briony, however, kept her distance.

from afar, tears slipping down her

in thick bandages and an

she'd known was now lying quietly and motionless on the hospital

and hold her-but she couldn't bring herself to take a

you go see her,

her head. "Scarlett's already been through enough, I don't want to

you're blaming yourself. But none

Briony didn't respond.

was transferred to the

surgery had gone well, but the surgeon warned that it might be several days before Stella woke

Scarlett barely left the hospital. Briony called

meanwhile, had resigned from Lockwood Hospital and taken a position at

been thrown into chaos after Quentin's

was one of Northborough's best-known oncologists. He'd only joined

to Stella, there was no way she could return to Lockwood-and Cedric saw no

fresh and dry, and

bright, sunlit morning, Stella finally

week had passed since

timing was

had stayed by Stella's side around the clock, but just the night before, Scarlett-worn out by exhaustion-had come

Scarlett went home to recover, with Ableson insisting

Cedric Clarke to keep watch over

first person she saw was Cedric. And then, something even stranger

lost her

forgotten everyone-except the man she saw when she woke: Cedric

that Stella had woken up, Scarlett

sick, wore a surgical mask and stood in the doorway, afraid to get too close

went in, standing by the bed and greeting her softly.

Her bright, star-like

look she gave Cedric made Ableson

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