Regretting the Wife He Threw Away novel Chapter 724

"Are you crazy? Running off to another country when you're sick? You don't know anyone here, who's going to take care of you? Come home with me. I won't try to change your mind anymore. If you want a divorce, I'll support you. If you don't want to stay at home, you can move in with me…"

"Bryn, it's no use."

Stella closed her eyes, tears streaming silently down her face. "As long as I'm in Northborough, my mother will never stop trying to control me. I know she cares, but I feel like I'm suffocating. Only here can I clear my head. When I'm alone, I just take my camera and go out to take pictures…"

In the quiet room, Stella's voice trembled.

"I know I'm not a good wife, not a good mother, and not a good daughter. But I don't want to be like this. After I lost my memory, I rushed into this relationship with Cedric. It's been over four years, Bryn. How could I not love him? I carried Aster for nine months; how could I not love him? But why does love have to be a sacrifice? My mom always says she's doing what's best for me, but she's never once asked what I actually want. Whatever she wants to give me, I'm supposed to just accept it. If I argue, I'm being ungrateful and immature. She always brings up how she gave up her chance to go abroad for her career just to have me. She's my mother, she says, so everything she does is for my own good…"

Briony sighed. "If it's because of Mrs. Joyner, you should have talked to Dr. Clarke about it."

"I did. In the beginning, I told Cedric about the issues with my mom. He was understanding back then. When my mom wouldn't let me eat street food, he'd sneak me out to get some. When she forbade me from drinking milk tea, he'd hide it in his coat after work and bring it to our room… I felt like it was all worth it. So I tried my best to be a good wife and a good mother. But ever since I brought up weaning Aster and wanting to study photography again, we started fighting for no reason…

"I know he just wants me to stay at home. He says he wants me to be the first person he sees when he gets home from work. He wants a daughter, too. He says he can provide for me and the kids, that he doesn't want me to work so hard… I know Cedric can afford to raise seven or eight children, but that's not what I want…

"Cedric says he loves me, but now his love feels suffocating. I don't know when it started, but every time we fight, he accuses me of not loving him or Aster. And after every fight, my mom yells at me, and then he steps in to defend me, which only makes my mom think I'm even more unreasonable… It's an endless, vicious cycle…

"Bryn, I feel like Cedric has changed. It feels like he's even using my mom as an ally to keep me in line… I'd rather believe it's just me being sick and paranoid, but…"

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