Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

"Bone marrow transplant..."

Ferdinand's gaze was somber as he stared at Briony lying in the hospital bed. “I understand. You can leave us," he said softly.

The foreign doctor nodded, then quietly slipped out of the room.

Ferdinand sat down at Briony's bedside and reached out to feel her forehead.

Still running a slight fever.

Briony frowned, her eyelids heavy as she struggled to open them.

"You're awake. Do you want some water?"

"Yes, please."

He poured her a glass and helped her drink through a straw.

The water made Briony feel a little more alert. She looked up at Ferdinand, her voice tentative. "I thought I heard you telling the doctor you wanted to take me to Switzerland?"

Ferdinand set the glass on the nightstand. "That's right. My father invested in a research institute there. They might be able to develop a cure for you."

Her breath caught.

So it wasn't a dream-Ferdinand really did intend to take her to Switzerland. Fred Wentworth's institute. Could they really come up with a cure for leukemia?

have fought so hard

meant... Ferdinand wanted to turn her into the

crept

wedding was more

what, she had to stall Ferdinand. She had to make sure

she would never let herself become a lab

had to

condition is a bone marrow transplant, but the match rate is too low. Ferdinand, I don't want to end up like your mother, being used as a test

across her cheek. "If you die, you won't

Briony glared at him.

Another threat.

her into a guine@pig. And now you want to drag me to his institute and do th same

voice was steely, her resolve

she meant every word. He exhaled quietly. "Wouldn't you hate me either way, even if I didn't take you to

only deepened. She refused to

become Mrs. Ellsworth," Ferdinand said, his tone

at me

you really expect me to fall in love with my captor?" Briony's voice was as cold as ice.

know." Ferdinand drew back his hand and took out his phone. He

look at this,

dropped

surgical consent