Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

She slapped her thigh so hard she winced in pain, but that didn't stop her from cursing. "Stewart is cheating in broad daylight! You're not even divorced yet and he's already flaunting his relationship with Rosita?!"

A dull, persistent ache spread through Briony's chest, but her face remained blank. "It was only a matter of time."

At this point, all she could do was face reality.

What she'd once thought was a solid, legal five-year marriage had always been,

to Stewart, nothing more than a business arrangement-one he could end at any moment.

He had never taken their marriage seriously. Of course he wouldn't think his relationship with Rosita was wrong.

"You're just going to let this go?" Stella looked at her, exasperated. "Even if your marriage started out as a deal, if he hadn't lied to you about Irwin's mother being dead, would you have agreed to marry him at all?"

Briony's lashes trembled.

That's right. If she'd known from the beginning that Rosita was Irwin's mother, she never would have agreed to marry Stewart. She never would have let herself fall for him...

Even if she'd had no choice back then-if marriage was the only way out-she would have drawn a hard line, done only what was necessary to be a good stepmother.

Stewart and Rosita. She would never have let herself

things had turned out was humiliating-truly

Briony, burning with indignation on her

when she was hurting, she'd never show it. She bottled everything up. Maybe that had something to do with

family. She never expected Stewart and Rosita-the world's most shameless couple-to be waiting for her

got. She whipped out her phone and logged onto

been blind to your devotion-he just never cared. He saw everything you did, Bryn, and it never meant a

wait! I'll get you some justice. I'm going to expose them

are "

out and pressed her hand over

truly had no intention of

Bryn! Stewart and Rosita lied to you for

was part of the

did Stewart sleep with you? If he loved Rosita so much, why

froze, then pressed

seconds later, she let out a bitter