NovelFinishChapter 614 A week later.
For seven days straight, Briony had endured the bitter taste of medicine each morning and night. Her sense of taste had finally returned, but her vision remained stubbornly unchanged.
Every day, Ferdinand would check her pulse and perform acupuncture, his hands steady and certain.
Half a month passed. One morning, Briony woke to sunlight streaming through the window, so bright it made her squint and wrinkle her brow. For a long time, she simply stared, her eyes stinging with the sudden brightness. It had been so long since she'd seen light. Tears pricked at her eyes.
She could see again. After all this time, her vision had cback.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIt was already April now. The snow in Northborough should have melted by this point.
Briony pushed aside her covers and slid out of bed, moving to the window. She opened it, letting in a crisp morning breeze and the sound of sparrows chattering in the trees. Compared to Northborough's endless winter, this place felt like spring all year round.
She missed her children.
Lorna Riley and James Delaney were hiding with them in Cloudcrest City. The climate there was similar to Nortia's, but being up on a plateau, it was drier. She wondered if the children had managed to adjust.
The bedroom door creaked open from the hallway.
Ferdinand stepped in.
Briony turned at the sound, meeting his eyes from across the room.
He arched an eyebrow. "Your sight's back?" She gave a quiet nod.
Ferdinand crossed to her, his large hand reaching out to gently lift her chin. Briony didn't resist, letting him tilt her face up so of a smile in his gaze.
ere eye to eye. There was a hint "Well then, since you've recovered, isn't it about twe started making wedding plans?" Briony's expression didn't so much as flicker. "Whatever you want." He knew she didn't want this. But she had no choice. For the sake of her children, she would fight to stay alive.
Ferdinand felt sure of it. He'd always believed that Briony's love for those two children was unwavering. Stewart was gone. She would never let them becorphans never let herself becan invalid, not when everything she did was for them.
Sometimes, Ferdinand burned with jealousy. If only Briony could spare him a fraction of the love she lavished on those kids, he wouldn't resent them so much.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBut then he remembered Mary was pregnant, and in just a few months, his own child would be born. That thought soothed him.
"Bryn, I don't care why you're staying with me." His eyes darkened, holding her gaze. "Don't blme for this-it's in my blood. I love you neto need you. All you have to do is stay by my side, and I won't take it out on the people you care about." Briony stared back, silent. She'd stopped trying to argue with him.
The day she'd made her she'd told herself: from now on, treat Ferdinand as nothing more than the demon clinging to her shadow. If she didn't see him as a person, nothing he did could hurt her. All she had to do was remember why she was still here.
"Ferdinand, have your wedding if you want," she said at last, her tone cool. "But like I've said before, I'll only sign the papers back home." He smiled. "Still not giving up?" "It's my line in the sand." Briony's lips curled into a frosty smile. "Of course, if you're not in a rush to make it legal, we don't have to. We can have the wedding first. After all, you already controlwith your poisons-what difference does a marriage certificate make?" He chuckled, an unreadable look in his eyes. "You're right. There's plenty of tfor the paperwork. No need to rush."
Mary's baby wouldn't arrive for a few months yet. When it ctto m register the child, he would take! ve Briony to sign the marriage certificate. By then, he was certain her attitude toward him would have softened.
"We'll have the ceremony first," Ferdinand said, lowering his heach until his lips nearly brushed hers. "Let's set the date for the eighth of next month. I'm not busy then." The lowering his headh content is on novelenglish.net! As he moved in, Briony turned her face away, and his kiss landed on the corner of her mouth. She scowled, pushing him back in disgust.
Ferdinand didn't react, just watched her wipe her mouth with a faint smile. "You'll have to get used to it, Bryn. After the wedding, you'll be Mrs. Ellsworth. I'm not going to go on coddling you forever." She refused to look at him-just the sight of him made her skin crawl.
"Since your eyes are better, go get ready and cdown for breakfast." When Briony cdownstairs, Mary was already there. Four months along, her pregnancy was starting to show. Mary's eyes lit up in surprise when she saw Briony coming down unassisted. "Briony, you can see again?"
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