TimeNovelChapter 648 "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.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut 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." Mary wiped her eyes and placed 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 smistakes his father did." Briony had been worried about Mary, but seeing the determination in her eyes put her at ease.
They chatted for a while longer. Suddenly, Mary glanced at the tightly closed hospital room door. "Briony, what's going on between you and Mr. Wentworth now?" "We're co-parenting. That's all," Briony replied, matter-of-fact.
Mary sighed. "Is there no chance for you two to get back together?" Briony arched an eyebrow. "Why should we?" "Mr. Wentworth loves you, you know!" Mary insisted. "That day, he risked getting his hand chopped off by Ferdinand just to protect you. And he stayed by your side as Blair Monroe even before he was fully recovered. You have two kids together. He never really betrayed you, he's handsome, and he's gentle with you now... Honestly, I don't see why you couldn't give it another shot." Briony couldn't help but laugh, meeting Mary's earnest gaze with exasperation. "After everything you've seen, you're still such a hopeless romantic." She tapped Mary 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 least keep him as a boyfriend!" "It's not that simple between Stewart and me." Briony's tone was calm. Talking about her past with Stewart no longer stirred up old wounds.
She had truly let it go.
"Our marriage was always tangled up in too much-family, obligations, old wounds: I did love him, but it was a love that leftpowerless and small Maybe he lovedtoo, but he realized it too late. Looking back, I have regrets, but that's all they are now." Nine years. Love and resentment twisted together. She'd lost family for his sake; he'd lost his spleen for hers. They'd had five years of harmony and grace, but also ne ugliest, most suffocating the nov falling-apart.
In the end, ttaught them both how to let go with dignity.
The next day, Stewart flew Briony, Mary, and Jonah hon his private jet.
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After more than ten hours in the air, the plane touched down at ten in the morning at Northborough Airport. It was August now in Northborough.
James Delaney and Lorna Riley had already returned two days earlier with the twins.
The cabin door slid open.
A sleek black van waited on the tarmac, its door opening just as the passengers disembarked.
James stepped forward, holding little Nina in his arms. Lorna had Maby the hand. The four of them-two adults; two children-walked toward Briony and the others. "Mommy!" "Mama!"
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