Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Cedric Clarke's brow furrowed, his expression darkening. "Stella, come here a second. I've got something important to discuss with you."

"Not going!"

"Star," Briony coaxed gently.

Irritated, Stella reluctantly stood up and stomped over to Cedric. "What is it?"

Without warning, Cedric cupped her chubby cheeks and planted a noisy kiss right on her lips-earning himself a sharp, resounding slap across the face.

"Cedric Clarke, are you out of your mind?!"

Cedric just grinned, dodged away, and called over his shoulder, “I'll bring you your favorite cream puffs tonight!"

"You're such a jerk, Cedric! Don't you dare come back! If you do, I'll beat you to a pulp!"

Briony and James exchanged a look and couldn't help but smile helplessly.

Honestly, only Cedric could handle Stella's fiery temper.

...

After lunch, Briony grabbed her keys and headed out.

She wasn't worried about leaving Stella at home-Marlene was there to help out.

Last week, Briony had officially taken over Starlight Entertainment. Her first order of business was to build up the company's reputation by promoting a new batch of talent.

was at the top

national sensation, Briony had noticed a growing fascination

adapt the popular series into a live-action drama. If the show succeeded, she'd push forward with a feature

translating animation to live action was no

company roster, but only Mary truly fit

filming today, so Briony decided

it was a good excuse to check out the rest of the

she arrived, it was

easily navigating

was in the middle of a costume change and looked

looping her arm through Briony's

at last week's company meeting that Mary had learned Briony was the mysterious owner behind the scenes. But ever straightforward, Mary didn't seem the

that about her. Despite coming from humble beginnings, Mary was neither arrogant nor servile. She had a quiet strength that shone through in everything she did-the kind of inner resilience

check on you. Focus on

returned to her seat to finish

she was about to leave, raised voices caught her attention from a corner of

berating someone, his voice sharp

"I don't care if your kid's missing! You're holding up the entire set! If you can't

frowned and

stuntwomen had shown up late, delaying

discreetly asked

the story:

stuntwoman had recently divorced.

son had been awarded to her, but