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 her

his phone and tapped on a photo. "Here's a

knowledge as she admired a painting. She wore a flowing maternity dress that showed off her rounded belly. Her hair seemed a bit shorter, her face

studied the image, his eyes

do you want me to keep an

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

Carl nodded. "Understood."

throw

entire month, she barely left the

deny that-and this comeback was carefully crafted. She was determined to rebrand herself as an independent, strong female lead, and

account, posting daily behind-

traction, drawing in fans and

very picture of a

dominated the trending

wasn't Rosita who'd ruined her engagement to her wealthy fiancé. No, the story went, he'd let her down, and Rosita had finally come to her senses, leaving her old love behind

independent woman" persona had

popularity rebounded; if anything, her

had been part of

real reason for coming to Silveridge was something

Rosita was injured in

to be Briony's thirty-second week of pregnancy

Gwendolyn White accompanied her.

could hear