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,

the major prenatal screening, and everything's fine." Carl pulled out his phone and tapped on a photo.

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

the image, his eyes darkening with

keep an eye on

here for work. Let her do her job; there's no

Carl nodded. "Understood."

did throw herself

entire month, she barely left the

determined to rebrand herself as an

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

account quickly gained traction, drawing in fans

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

name dominated the

who once criticized her for 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 finally come to her senses, leaving her

woman" persona

popularity rebounded; if anything, her reputation was stronger than

of this had been part of

for coming to

filming, Rosita was injured in

happened to be Briony's thirty-second week of pregnancy and

Gwendolyn White accompanied her.

they arrived, they could hear the commotion in