Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Looking at Briony's calm expression, a chill crept up Lorna's spine.

"When did you find out?"

"Little Nina mentioned he was sick a while back," Briony replied honestly. "And at the board meeting, Stewart got punched by Ferdinand and blood was pouring from his mouth. I'm no doctor, but the way he was bleeding was all wrong. I also noticed needle marks on the back of his hand. So after the meeting, I sat in my car and waited. Sure enough, I saw him throw up blood."

Lorna could only give her a thumbs up. "Not only are you observant, but you've got nerves of steel!"

"He's been hiding how seriously ill he is. Then, right in front of Barrie, he brought up Rosita again, and later he tried to humiliate me," Briony said, locking eyes with Lorna. "What exactly is going on between Barrie and Stewart?"

"All I'll say is—if Stewart's interested in a woman, Barrie suddenly is too."

Briony frowned. "What is wrong with him?"

silver-tongued creep who only looks respectable on the outside. You have no idea how much I want to throw up every time I have to deal with him." Briony

a hand with a wry smile after a brief pause. She looked at

Whatever happened during those years he spent overseas, it changed him for

so straightforward, suddenly sounded a little melancholy. "You two have such different backgrounds and ways of seeing the world. Forced relationships never work out. Now that you're

sense the deeper

other world Lorna referred

that Stewart was

children to raise.

today," Briony said quietly dooking at Lorna. "If he's decided to cut us out of

is going against his wishes, isn't

I can't just sit by and watch him die!" Lorna sighed. "He still has a chance, you