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. Compared

this. You have to

my choice. Even now, if Xenia

as she gazed at him, silent tears streaming

used the children as an excuse, never once mentioning how he felt about

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

couldn't bear the weight

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

if you say

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

felt as though an invisible hand

now on, there won't be a room for you at Pearbrook Mansion. If you want to see the kids, let me know ahead of

spoke, the colder her words became, but

couldn't hold himself back any longer. He stepped forward and

buried her face in