Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Daisy had barely reached the first floor when she spotted Lauren.

"Ms. Lynn." Daisy stepped forward, blocking Lauren's path. "You can't go upstairs right now. Rosita's working."

"All she does is work!" Lauren's face, pale and drawn, twisted with visible spite. "I'm practically dying and she doesn't even care?!"

Daisy tried to soothe her gently. "Let's not get upset, Ms. Lynn. You look unwell- why don't you let me help you to the sofa?"

Truth be told, Lauren was in agony. Even the short walk from the garden had left her drenched in sweat.

Pancreatic cancer was excruciating.

The pain was relentless-it stole her sleep, her appetite, and any shred of comfort she had left.

She needed money, and a lot of it, to stay alive.

Gavin Prescott had disappeared. Her savings were long gone.

Rosita had been abroad for four years, completely out of reach.

When the diagnosis came three months ago, Lauren felt as if the sky was crashing down on her.

had already been a nightmare; now, with pancreatic cancer piled on top, the last three months had reduced her to a shell of her former self. She was out of money and thought

she saw a news report in the hospital about Rosita's return from

maybe, Lauren wouldn't

Rosita hadn't reached out, and had even changed her

didn't want anything to do with her

Wentworths in the end, but Garry was

like that, Rosita could snap her fingers and get any

That meant Rosita owed her she

Lauren to the sofa and helped her

please rest. I'll get you a glass

years, but the moment she's back she brings

always been good to me. I'm just happy to be working

to you? She can't even be bothered to care that her own mother's dying of cancer, and you still think she's

her. It's not that she doesn't care. She's just been swamped since she got back-she was out of the spotlight for so long, and coming back has been tough. The studio gave all her roles to the newer starlets, but her contract isn't up yet,

fool? Her husband's Garry! You

this, but Rosita's marriage isn't as happy