Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

"That day at the hospital, you really did have your eggs retrieved," Mary said quietly. "But they were switched. The embryo that was created... it's Ferdinand's and mine."

It was almost too much to process. For a moment, Briony's mind went blank.

Mary pressed on, her voice barely above a whisper. "Sometimes I catch myself wishing the baby was actually yours and Ferdinand's. Maybe then, the baby's cord blood could save you..."

Briony was stunned, but in a strange way, she also felt relief.

Thank God the child wasn't hers and Ferdinand's. That would have been a nightmare.

But her relief was tinged with guilt when she thought of everything Mary had sacrificed.

"Mary, I'm so sorry you got caught up in all this. Since you've decided to keep the baby, just focus on your pregnancy. Even if I'm not around, I'll make sure you're taken care of."

Mary looked at Briony, her eyes filling with tears at the thought that Briony might not have long to live. "You're such a good person, Briony. Why does life have to be so cruel to you?"

Briony smiled, pulling a few tissues from the box and handing them to her. "Silly girl, you're worried about me? You're the one throwing yourself headlong into the deep end for Ferdinand. Being a single mom isn't easy-you're in for a rough road."

a protective hand over her belly. "It's still a thousand times better than scraping by in the slums. I've made up my mind. I'm going to bring this baby into the world, and I'll raise him right. I swear, I won't let him make the same mistakes

had been worried about Mary, but seeing the determination in her eyes put her at

closed hospital room door. "Briony, what's

co-parenting. That's all,"

sighed. "Is there no chance for you two to

eyebrow. "Why should

Monroe even before he was fully recovered. You have two kids together.

earnest gaze with exasperation. "After

lightly on the forehead, but Mary huffed in protest. "I just think it was all a big misunderstanding. Now it's cleared up, you have kids together, and Mr. Wentworth is so good-looking! If you don't want him as a husband, at

Stewart and me." Briony's tone was calm. Talking about her past with Stewart no longer stirred up old

had truly let

that left me powerless and small Maybe he loved me too, but he realized it too late. Looking back, I have regrets, but that's all they are

resentment twisted together. She'd lost family for his sake; he'd lost his spleen for hers. They'd

the end, time taught them both