Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Ferdinand reached out and took Briony's hand, his voice steady. "As long as I'm here, I won't let anything happen to you."

Briony resisted the urge to pull away, her expression calm. "Ferdinand, you're not a god. No one can escape their fate. You don't have to sugarcoat things for me. Life and death are out of our hands. I can accept that."

His tone grew firm. "I told you I'm not going to let anything happen to you."

She gave a faint, wry smile. "Honestly, the way you're acting makes me feel like my days are really numbered."

Ferdinand froze, then pressed his lips together tightly.

Briony had always respected Ferdinand's skills as a doctor. Back in the old town, people traveled for miles just to seek him out. He'd been the final apprentice of a renowned physician, and with his natural talent, he had solved countless baffling

cases.

A suspicion was starting to form in Briony's mind, but she didn't ask any more questions.

"Should we postpone the wedding?" Briony pulled her hand free and looked at Ferdinand, her voice even. "I probably won't last much longer. There's a good chance you'll end up a widower soon after your honeymoon. That's hardly an auspicious start. Honestly, I think you should just call off the wedding."

"We're not calling it off." Ferdinand's gaze locked on her. "Bryn, first of all, I won't let you die. But even if, by some impossible chance, you did-your name would still go on my wife's headstone."

let out a

she thought, there's no escaping

keeping the wedding, fine. But you'll have to handle it yourself. I'm exhausted—I really don't have the energy to care about any of that

everything. Your only job is

yawn behind her

around her shoulders. "Get some sleep. I've already sent people out to

didn't answer. Her eyes drifted shut, and she

hard and fast. Acupuncture and fever reducers only helped for

temperature began to

didn't dare risk another round of acupuncture so soon, so he gave her

medication brought her temperature down a little, but

the sickness might harm the baby. He was so protective of the child that Mary

happened to it, Ferdinand would be furious-she wouldn't

days, Briony drifted in and

Ferdinand kept constant watch by her bedside, refusing to leave

wasn't until the fourth day that Gifford returned with the