Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

"Carol, you mustn't breathe a word of what you saw today to anyone." Lorna fixed Carol with a grave look. "Especially not to Briony or the kids. Do you understand?"

Carol nodded, then hesitated before asking softly, "Is there anything I can do to help right now?"

Lorna had just pulled out her phone to make a call. Hearing Carol's question, she paused and replied, "Go downstairs and make some porridge, would you?"

"Of course!" Carol nodded again and hurried off.

Skybreeze Retreat.

Briony parked in the garage and was barely out of the car when Cedric Clarke rushed out to meet her.

He stopped short at the sight of her. The anxious look on his face smoothed over a little as he forced a casual smile. “Ms. Kensington, you're home early today."

Briony approached, her voice calm and measured. "You know exactly where I was this morning."

Cedric hesitated. "..."

"Stewart's out. The Wentworth Group is in Fred and Ferdinand's hands now."

"I see..." Cedric's expression was uneasy. "Well, nothing to be done. Stewart saw this coming, really."

"Dr. Clarke," Briony said, studying him, "you don't seem the least bit upset by this." He paused again, searching for the right words. "..."

But Briony's tone was almost offhand, as if her last question had been no more than idle conversation. She moved on. "Heading to the hospital?"

lifeline. "Yes! They called about a patient-emergency. I

"Drive safe, Dr. Clarke."

"Of course, of course!"

to his car and drove

until his car disappeared down the drive, then turned and walked

home. The house was unusually quiet. Briony had just settled onto the couch when footsteps sounded on the stairs. She glanced up as

her, concern etched into her features. "You're back so early today.

go to the studio. I had business at the Wentworth Group this morning." Stella frowned. "The Wentworth

company's shares. There was a shareholders' meeting today, so I went to vote on her

hesitated. "Who did you vote

met her gaze.

voted for Stewart? Are you out of

had expected this reaction. She sighed a

shares. Last

When she had to

en

and Stewart,

picked Stewart—no hesitation.”