Briony tossed the card straight into the trash.

"If anyone sends flowers again, just have them returned on the spot."

"But if the order's already accepted, the delivery guy can't just take them back, can he?"

"Then tell them if they try again, I'll file a complaint. Make it clear."

Hannah nodded briskly. "Got it!"

Briony turned and headed toward her office.

She hadn't even reached the door when a woman's furious voice erupted outside

"Briony, get out here right now!"

Briony froze mid-step and turned back.

Fiona, ignoring Hannah's attempts to hold her back, stormed in, shouting and shoving Hannah aside as she made a beeline for Briony.

"Ma'am, please, calm down..." Hannah tried to catch up and restrain Fiona.

Briony didn't want to engage. She pivoted toward her office again.

But before she could get away, Fiona shoved past Hannah and grabbed Briony's arm in a vice-like grip.

Jerked around, Briony barely had time to react before Fiona's palm struck her hard across the face.

slap echoed through the hall, sharp and

to the spot,

"Briony!"

out of it, yanking her arm

stumbled backward, barely catching her

of ringing filled Briony's ears, and

foreboding. "Fiona, you'd better

Briony

and if anything, Briony looked even more striking than before. Clearly, time hadn't worn her

"Seems like losing your son didn't affect you much at

of pain deep in her chest, but her face grew cold and impassive. She warned, "Fiona, watch your

do you think you are?" Fiona jabbed a finger at Briony's face, her voice shri with rage. "You have the nerve to tell me how to talk? Let me make this clear, Briony-I'm here today as Mrs. Wentworth, as drwin's grandmother, and I want some answers

Irwin.

Realization dawned on Briony.

in a thin line, one hand slipping discreetly into

icy. "So what is

do I want to say?" Fiona snapped. "Did you

what this is

a cold, humorless laugh. "I gave Stewart two choices. One: divorce me, and I'll leave the Wentworths with my daughter and never took back. Or two: send Irwin away, because as long as I stay with my daughter, there's no place for

out of your

planted her hands on her hips, her eyes glinting with rage. "Briony, if you had a son, maybe I

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