Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Crowning Night arrived right on schedule for Ottilie Kensington.

Just as everyone had predicted, Ottilie swept the votes and took home the championship.

To maximize the buzz, the showrunners had even invited Rosita Lockwood to present the award.

Rosita glided onto the stage in a glamorous gown, high heels clicking against the floor as she moved gracefully toward Ottilie, the roar of fans filling the air.

The two sisters, at the height of their careers, embraced each other on stage, both breaking down in tears of joy.

It was a moment that moved countless fans.

Thunderous applause filled the hall as the triumphant championship anthem played.

The show was being broadcast live. At that very moment, in the second-floor study of Skybreeze Retreat, Briony Kensington and James Delaney were watching the awards.

James had a bag of chips in one hand and a can of soda on the table beside him.

To really set the mood, James had set up a projector for maximum cinematic effect.

Watching Ottilie and Rosita sobbing in each other's arms, James rolled his eyes so hard it was almost comical. "Give it a minute-they're fake crying now, but just wait, the real tears are coming."

Briony just pressed her lips together to hide her amusement.

Finally, the awards ceremony arrived. Rosita took the trophy and handed it to Ottilie herself. But just as the crowd reached its fever pitch, the giant screen behind them suddenly went dark.

A moment later, a recording played over the speakers-

Rosita: [I really was just pretending to faint.]

[Why put yourself

folk music, I

did you claim you wrote those

off someone. The copyright

...

crowd erupted in

the seasoned host on stage was left speechless, completely

and Ottilie stood

they could collect themselves, several police officers

filed a report, and your actions constitute copyright infringement. Please come with us to the

the chaos that followed, Ottilie and Rosita were led

Crowning Night were

flickered again—this time, footage from Rosita's wedding, complete with

years ago-Irwin Wentworth,

losing his mind. "What are you waiting

back, panicked.

only stare in horror as the

video appeared,

her cheeks sunken, looking gravely

name is Lauren. I am the biological mother of Rosita Lockwood, and

with her stepfather, Saul Lockwood, when she was seventeen. When I found out, she refused to stop.

the child was born, for the sake of her career,

her own. But four years ago, Rosita insisted on coming back and used her status as the birth mother to interfere in Stewart's marriage, plotting against his wife

place in the Wentworth family, she

at the time.