Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that this verse was revealed: "Then a number of other days, consecutively" [Al-Baqarah: 184], and then the word "consecutively" (mutatabi'at) was dropped, that is, it was abrogated. No interpretation other than this is correct.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8234