Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

On the way, she sent Gavin a quick text.

Lauren had barely set foot in her hotel room for five minutes when Gavin arrived.

They barely made it through the door before falling into each other's arms, kissing feverishly as they stumbled into the room together.

The door slammed shut behind them.

From the shadows across the hall, a high-definition camera caught every second of their passionate reunion.

A man stepped back, took out his phone, and made a call. "Got it. Clear shot, faces and all."

...

A week later, Rosita arrived in Silveridge and joined the film crew without a hitch.

Word of her arrival traveled fast-Carl got the update almost the moment she arrived, and he went straight to Stewart to report.

After listening, Stewart pressed his lips together in silence before finally asking, "What's Briony been up to lately?"

Carl replied, "She hasn't been over at the Antiquarian Society for a while. Lately, she's been spending most of her time at Mrs. Winslow's house. Last week, she went to an art exhibit with Mrs. Winslow and Mr. Delaney."

"Oh, also, I've heard Mrs. Winslow is thinking of asking Ms. Kensington to compose some music."

"Compose music?" Stewart raised an eyebrow. "Briony writes music?"

"I'm not sure," Carl admitted, hesitating for a moment before asking, "If you want, I can have someone look into Ms. Kensington's background-"

him off. "Aside from her work, how's

phone and tapped on a photo.

wore a flowing maternity dress

image, his eyes darkening with

do you want me to keep an eye on Ms.

here for work.

Carl nodded. "Understood."

really did throw herself

entire month, she barely left

carefully crafted. She was determined to rebrand herself as an

Daisy, started a low-key social media account, posting daily behind- the-scenes glimpses of Rosita's dedication

traction, drawing in

very picture of a hardworking, kind-hearted actress-a true goddess, both on

dominated the trending

letting romance distract her from her career began to trickle back, slowly shifting the narrative: Everyone now seemed to agree that it wasn't Rosita who'd ruined her engagement to her wealthy fiancé. No, the story went, he'd let her down, and Rosita had

persona had

Rosita's popularity rebounded; if anything,

this had been

reason for coming to Silveridge was something else

Rosita was injured in an on-set accident and

that very day happened to be Briony's thirty-second week

Gwendolyn White accompanied her.

moment they arrived, they could hear the commotion