Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Stewart's sudden, softened tone caught Rosita off guard. She looked at him, her brows knitting in silent confusion.

But Briony had no time to dwell on Stewart's change in attitude.

Right now, all she cared about was finding her mother.

Any lead, any glimmer of hope-she refused to let it slip by.

She fixed Stewart with a fierce stare. "My mom's missing."

Stewart's brow furrowed. "When did this happen?"

"Last night. After she left your office."

Briony's gaze was icy, her resentment barely concealed.

Stewart flinched under her glare. “Briony, do you really think your mother's disappearance has something to do with me?"

"She vanished right after seeing you! Who else am I supposed to come to?!"

Her voice broke, anger and desperation colliding. Briony's chest heaved, and for a moment the room spun. She pressed her lips together, fighting back tears that threatened to spill from her reddened eyes.

She'd spent the entire night searching-she was at her breaking point.

Seeing Stewart's indifference now, all the frustration she'd bottled up suddenly exploded.

Rosita hadn't shown up at the hospital last time, my mother never would've learned about our

through the mud online, and my mom wouldn't

agreed to your arrangement five years ago, that this marriage would become such a

handsome features growing colder.

"If I could

completely, something hot and furious

cold and edged with

caught. She stared at the man in front of her, realizing yet again -that disappointment in someone truly had

let down by Stewart

"Right. I'm just being unreasonable, aren't

frown deepened as he watched the way

Stewart." Rosita stepped up beside Stewart, looking at Briony with wide,

up in a tough case lately, and he happened to

to Rosita, her voice sharp. "Then tell me what

already thought I was the other woman because she knew about the divorce, so she was cold to me. I offered her some tea, but she

Why don't you check your purse and see if you're carrying a marriage certificate? Ms.

pale, tears springing

Maybe your performance works on the gullible, but I'm not buying