Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Rosita's breath caught, her face drained of color as she swayed unsteadily, those innocent eyes glassy with unshed tears.

Briony watched with cold detachment, silently counting in her mind.

One, two, three...

On cue, Rosita squeezed her eyes shut and collapsed, her slender frame crumpling to the floor.

"Rosita!"

Stewart rushed forward and scooped the unconscious Rosita into his arms. He shot Briony a quick look, then turned and strode out of the room without another word.

Briony remained a silent observer, her expression unmoved, not even a flicker of emotion crossing her face.

Rosita's timing was always impeccable-she could faint at just the right moment, every single time. Stewart, blinded by love, never seemed to notice.

Briony closed the door to the hospital room, drew a deep breath, and let her eyes flutter shut.

"Bryn."

Briony opened her eyes at the sound of her mother's voice, meeting Julia's red- rimmed gaze.

"Bryn, what's really going on between you and Attorney Wentworth?" Julia blurted out, then quickly added, "I'm not accusing you, sweetheart. I'm just worried about you."

Briony walked over and took her mother's hand. "Mom, I didn't tell you before because I thought it would all be over soon, and I didn't want you to worry unnecessarily. If I'd known things would get this complicated, I would've told you everything from the start."

with dawning suspicion. "So,

out by old wounds. These days, just hearing

Top floor, private suite.

awake on the hospital

his back to her, tall

radiating a

just his silhouette was enough to make Rosita's heart

her voice soft and

head slightly. "You're

face was unreadable,

Rosita faltered. "What's wrong?"

on the fragile woman lying in the bed, his eyes dark and inscrutable. "Rosita, you were

her breath, her

whisper, tinged with wounded

voice was low and firm. "Don't do

Rosita froze.

be put on hold

Julia's test results wouldn't be ready until the day after tomorrow at the

Briony had no choice but to stay with her

had tried to insist she didn't want Briony's work to

spoken to her