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

complicated," Lorna said, waving a hand with a wry smile after a brief

of the same world. Whatever happened during those years he spent

relationships never work out. Now that you're separated, and the kids are with you, maybe it's for

the deeper meaning

knew nothing about that other world Lorna referred to, but

Stewart was carrying other secret

children to raise. Whatever world

have come to see me today," Briony said quietly dooking at Lorna. "If he's decided

showing up here is going against his wishes,

by and watch him die!" Lorna sighed. "He still has