Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Briony froze, stunned.

She stared at Stewart, her eyes trembling with disbelief.

"Stewart, what did I do wrong?" she asked quietly.

He met her gaze, cold and unyielding. "You're upset with me, that's fine. But Rosita is innocent." His words were sharp and judgmental. "You had no right to mislead your friend into attacking her."

Briony's hand clenched the pharmacy bag so tightly it shook.

She fixed her eyes on Stewart-this man she had poured her heart into, loved without regret for five long years.

"Your precious Rosita is innocent?" Briony let out a brittle laugh, tears brimming but refusing to fall. She struggled to hold herself together, her pale lips trembling as the dam finally broke. "And what about me? For five years I've been the fool, raising your child as my own, giving everything I had―am I not innocent too?!"

Stewart faltered, caught off-guard.

Stella's eyes widened in shock. "Wait, what do you mean, 'raising their child for five years'? You mean... Irwin is Stewart and Rosita's?"

Briony's chest heaved. She ignored Stella, her gaze locked on Stewart. "Stewart, I want just one answer-why did you lie to me in the first place?"

Stewart's brow furrowed, irritation flickering across his face. "We agreed from the start this was a partnership. Who Irwin's biological mother is doesn't change our arrangement."

the air leave

his excuse, she thought

lips,

Stella caught her just

Stella

loosened. He glanced at Briony, lips parting as if to speak, but before he could, Rosita suddenly went limp in his

quickly caught her

hesitation, he scooped Rosita up and hurried toward the inpatient wing, his

only to be humiliated like this? I'm furious! I swear, tonight I'm making

Briony couldn't hear

world faded to

of

the time she woke, it was already

pushed open the hospital room door just as Briony was struggling to sit

Stella said with a

at the sound of her voice.

sarcastic

pain was still fresh. She knew Stewart didn't care about her feelings, yet she'd still begged him for an explanation-humiliating herself in

to her forehead, regret coursing

Stewart treating you