Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

"What are you trying to say?"

"Briony, how can you still be so naïve?" Rosita pulled her phone out of her pocket. "Honestly, Stewart has known about your pregnancy for a long time. Did you really think moving to Silveridge would mean you'd finally escape him?"

She pressed play on a recording.

Stewart's voice came through, cold and flat: "It's just as well if the babies are lost."

Cedric Clarke's voice was sharp with disbelief. "Are you out of your mind? What the hell are you saying? Those are your children! Stewart! If you ever say something like that again, I swear I'll cut you off for good!"

Stewart replied, unshaken, "I'm just stating the facts."

Cedric's voice rose to a shout. "Stewart! Say one more word and I'll punch you in the face, you hear me? Those are your children! Even if you don't care about Briony, you have no right to talk like that!"

The recording ended.

Rosita watched Briony's face drain of all color, a satisfied smirk curving her lips. "Did you hear that clearly, Ms. Kensington?"

Briony clutched her belly. Stewart's words still echoed in her ears, harsh and cold.

She remembered that stormy afternoon, when he'd told her, "The best thing would be if you weren't pregnant at all."

So from the very beginning, his feelings about her pregnancy hadn't just been indifference he'd actually despised it.

"It's just as

never wanted anything to threaten that. When he thought you'd ended the pregnancy, he was relieved. But when he found out

another step toward Briony, eyes gleaming

all your careful scheming to keep those babies-for their own father, they're nothing but unwanted mistakes. Did you really think running off to Silveridge would let you have

caught. Her heart hammered in

the shock, or the anger, but the twins inside her

a trembling hand to her belly, forcing herself to stay calm. She couldn't let Rosita get to her-she couldn't let her

telling me all

They're my family. I'm not doing this for the Wentworth fortune, and I don't care if Stewart acknowledges them or not. They're my children, and that's all that matters.

doesn't really care what

step closer. Briony, wary now,

be scared. I'm not going to touch you. Because Stewart's

Briony froze.

you. If he does, he'll take you

asthma since birth. He's so weak. As the only heir to the Wentworths, Stewart will do anything for him. That's the only reason he's let

believe you!" Briony's voice shook. She

pain in her abdomen, and braced herself against the wall as

to Silveridge to check up on you —without your knowledge. And you really thought you were living here in peace? How