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-"

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

and everything's fine." Carl pulled out his phone and tapped on

She wore a flowing maternity dress that showed off

image, his eyes

to keep an eye

reverie, Stewart handed Carl's phone back. "Rosita's here for work. Let her do her job;

Carl nodded. "Understood."

throw herself

she barely

was determined to rebrand herself as an independent,

account, posting daily behind-

quickly gained traction, drawing in fans

picture of a hardworking, kind-hearted actress-a true goddess,

dominated

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,

woman" persona had never been more

months, Rosita's popularity rebounded; if anything, her reputation

this had been part of her

her real reason for coming to Silveridge was something else

Rosita was injured in

day happened to be Briony's thirty-second week of pregnancy and her scheduled checkup at the

Gwendolyn White accompanied her.

hear the commotion in