Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

"Briony."

Stewart grew impatient when she didn't answer right away. His voice tightened with urgency. "As compensation, I'll add another ten million to the agreement. You

"That's not necessary." Briony cut him off, wiping away her tears with the back of her hand. “The agreement doesn't need to change. I'll help you clear things up."

Her heart was numb, colder than ever. All she wanted now was to end this marriage as quickly as possible, to get as far away from Stewart and Rosita as she could.

She was done being the fool in their love story.

On the other end, Stewart was silent for a moment, then tried again. "Or you can ask for something else. Anything."

"Other than getting this divorce finalized," Briony replied, her voice icy, "I want nothing from you. Nothing at all."

With that, she hung up the phone.

Her hands trembling, Briony opened Facebook and logged in.

But Facebook offered her no refuge, either.

The very first post on her feed was from Rosita.

She clicked in-

of all, thank you to all my fans and everyone who's reached out with concern. Mr. Wentworth and I are both doing well. As for the rumors and wild stories being spread based on photos, I never believed them,

really don't want my personal life to take up public space, but seeing so many unfair comments about Mr. Wentworth has upset

just my partner; he's an outstanding lawyer and a private person. I don't want his life to be turned into gossip fodder just because he's with me. I hope my fans can give him some

you care about me, please care for Mr. Wentworth

lengthy statement, the story exploded

flooded the comment section with

of

issue a formal statement-complete with a notice of legal action against the original source of

That was classic Stewart.

flooding her comments with praise for their "brother-in-law"

only intensified. Rosita's fans were celebrating, riding the wave of excitement, while internet onlookers

and Stewart's

closed the page and returned

was tedious, but she forced

was finally set up, she

are only professional colleagues. Attorney Wentworth and Ms. Lockwood have been