Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Briony drew a deep breath, doing her best to keep her composure.

She turned to Rosita. "Ms. Lockwood, are you really Irwin's biological mother?"-

Rosita met Briony's gaze, her smile gentle and warm. "Five years ago, because of work and a company contract, I had no choice but to keep my relationship with Irwin a secret."

Briony's breath caught. "Irwin's father..."

"Irwin is Stewart's and my child," Rosita replied softly.

Her words, gentle as they sounded, plunged into Briony's heart like a dagger.

Briony froze, a suffocating pain tightening her chest and draining all color from her face.

So, all this time-the child she had raised and loved as her own for five years— was actually Stewart and Rosita's son.

Which meant Stewart had been deceiving her from the very beginning.

He hadn't cheated after their wedding; rather, he'd been playing her for a fool right from the start.

"Ms. Kensington, I'm truly sorry for keeping this from you for so long. I actually advised Stewart to be honest with you from the beginning, but he thought it would be best if as few people as possible knew the truth.”

word echoed in Briony's mind

she was just an

even if there was no romantic love between them-they at least trusted

that, all along, the man she shared her life with

sense of it. Why would Stewart lie to her? If he'd only told her the truth from the start, she never would have

past five years have been hard on you. Stewart and I are both grateful for everything you've

"You've raised Irwin so well. As his

pressed tightly together and face eerily calm, though her arm around Irwin trembled

not true! You're lying! I only have one mother-and I want my real mom!" Irwin shouted at Rosita, his small face twisted in anger. "You're a bad woman! You have no right to

flying to her mouth as tears welled up in her eyes. The hurt and

snapped at Briony, "Is this how you raise a child?

was reeling, leaving her no energy to argue with Fiona. Still, for Irwin's sake, she managed, "He's just a child. You have to give him time to

"Briony, we're both women. Don't think your little schemes are lost

"Galen!"

butler hurried over. "Yes,

family's blood manipulated by a woman