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

a growing fascination among locals for traditional heritage and culture. She

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

action was no simple feat. Casting

pored over every performer on the company roster, but only Mary

filming today,

it was a good excuse to check out the rest of the cast—she

arrived, it was already

the way through the set, easily navigating

costume change and

beamed, looping her arm through Briony's in a warm

the mysterious owner behind the

beginnings, Mary was neither arrogant nor servile. She had a quiet strength that shone

by to check on you. Focus on your

nodded and returned to her seat to finish her

strolled around the set. Just as she was about to leave, raised voices caught her attention from a corner

berating

set! If you can't handle

frowned and

stuntwomen had shown up late, delaying

asked around

learned the story:

stuntwoman had recently divorced.

had been awarded