Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Briony blinked open her eyes, groggy and disoriented.

She found herself staring up at a room she knew all too well.

Wait-this was... the master bedroom at Southcreek Manor?

Her muddled mind snapped awake in an instant.

She bolted upright, only to feel a strange, heavy resistance in her body.

Glancing down, Briony froze in shock-she was wearing a wedding dress.

Her eyes widened, panic flaring in her chest.

No-this couldn't be. Wasn't this the very dress she'd burned in Ghana four years ago?

What the hell was going on?!

She scanned the room, desperate for answers.

No doubt about it-this was Southcreek Manor's master bedroom.

How on earth had she ended up here?

A sharp pain pulsed at her temples. She pressed her fingers to her head, trying to steady herself.

Fragments of memory before she'd blacked out started to resurface.

Had... had Stewart kidnapped her?

Her breath caught in her throat.

he lost

the divorce papers, the next

inside her, Briony threw back the covers and slid off the

clink echoed from beneath

froze, heart pounding as she slowly lowered

silvery steel chain snaked

disbelief, she lifted the hem of her dress and found the chain cuffed to her left

chain with her eyes, she saw the other end was bolted firmly to the

chill swept through her, leaving her hands trembling as she

had

Click.

The door opened.

snapped

strode in, tall and composed, dressed in

was carrying a tray-on it, a few small dishes and a bowl of

she was awake, Stewart's sharp

indifferent smile. "Good. You're up.

at his suit-it was identical to the one he'd worn

This was insane.

you're doing?" she spat, her anger barely contained. "This

that's not a very

on the small table beside

still married, you know." He stepped closer, reaching out as if

the chain rattling a sharp

a cruel reminder of her

quickened. "Stewart, you never cease to surprise me in the worst possible

dark eyes fixed on her, unblinking. "You never really did

Briony snapped, her patience gone. "You don't

twisted in