Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

"Bryn, please—don't cry, I..."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Briony looked at him, her voice trembling. "Stewart, this is my life. I don't need you to save me like this."

A sharp pain twisted in Stewart's chest.

"Bryn, the only thing that matters is that you're alive."

He reached out, wanting to wipe away her tears, but Briony stepped back and stood up, just out of reach.

She brushed the tears from her face, her voice icy. "You traded ten years of marriage to save my life, Stewart. Do you really think that makes you some kind of hero?"

Stewart's breath caught. "I didn't think about any of that. In that moment, all I wanted was for you to survive. Bryn, everything else pales in comparison to you being alive..."

Briony stared at him, eyes shining with tears.

out a brittle laugh and nodded. "You're right.

overthink this. You have to live. Our kids need their

beforehand, because this was my choice. Even now, if Xenia Cooper is coming

she gazed at him,

an excuse, never once mentioning how

everything they'd been through, if she still doubted Stewart's feelings for her, she'd be lying to

the weight of

friends, but things had spiraled far beyond that... Love tangled up with

you say

only saved me for the kids, then that's what I'll believe. If you say I don't owe you anything, then I'll accept that we're even. I can do it. I'm not as kind as you think, Stewart I want to Jive. You're right nothing

felt as though an

Xenia Cooper's husband. You and I are just the parents of our children. Now that you're remarried, we have to keep our distance. From now on, there won't be a room for you at Pearbrook Mansion. If you want to see the kids, let

words became, but her tears only

back any longer. He stepped forward and pulled her into

buried her face in