Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 661

In the end, Briony put on the necklace.

With it around her neck, the bare feeling vanished, and her collarbones no longer seemed so stark and exposed.

Stella nudged her toward the mirror. "Well? Doesn't it look nice?"

Briony studied her reflection, fingers brushing the chain. She still looked uneasy. "I don't know... I'm not sure it's a good idea."

"Is it the style you don't like?"

Briony shot her a look.

Stella grinned mischievously. "Okay, okay, I'll stop teasing. I know what's really bothering you. You're worried Stewart will get the wrong idea. But trust me, he's got a pretty clear sense of where things stand these days. You don't have to worry about wearing his necklace making him think you want to get back together."

Briony regarded Stella, a headache coming on. "When did you become such an expert on Stewart?"

"It's not like that," Stella protested. "He came by the house a few days ago to see Cedric Clarke. I just happened to overhear them talking on the stairs."

She thought back for a moment. "Cedric asked him what his plans were now. Stewart said all he wanted was for you to get better, and once you did, he'd stop bothering you."

Briony pressed her lips together, thoughtful.

It was true-Stewart had told her the same thing that day.

and you're ready to move forward, he still feels guilty. If

lowered her gaze,

"Or... are you afraid

him again. It's just... we're not married

kids together. And you're both single. A little contact doesn't mean anything. Honestly, with the kids, you're practically family anyway. Families help each other out,

eyes. "That's not what you said last time. Last time you warned me that if we kept this up, I'd end

her eyes dramatically as if to erase her own words. "That was then, this

"You talk more

her head. "I just think what you two have now is good. You're like friends, maybe even family.

hover over each

him, so you can't keep relying on him. My husband-well, I'm more than happy for you to lean on him, but I know you'd feel awkward. Who else is there? Oh, me! I

from Stella's tangled logic. "We've barely known each other a month. I

you say that, he'd

just gave her a look,

drifted off,

...

Mansion's back garden was enormous-over two acres of manicured

Briony was hosting a housewarming

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