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.

at the top of

series becoming a national sensation, Briony had noticed a growing fascination among locals for traditional

the popular series into a live-action drama. If the show succeeded,

animation to live action was no simple feat. Casting the right actors was absolutely

on the company roster, but only

was on set filming today, so Briony decided to

it was a good excuse to check out the

she arrived, it was already three in

through the set, easily navigating the maze of trailers

change and looked up in surprise when

brings you here?" Mary beamed, looping her arm through Briony's

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

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

to check on you. Focus on your scenes I'll wander around

her seat to finish

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

crew member was berating someone, his voice sharp

you can't handle the job, Just leave. Who do

and walked

out one of the stuntwomen had shown up late, delaying the

discreetly asked

the

stuntwoman had recently divorced.

eighteen-month-old son had been awarded to her,