Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

If it was about the children, Briony needed to know the details. "What is it?"

"Xenia Cooper has an eight-year-old son."

Briony froze for a moment.

An eight-year-old son...

Her brows drew together. "So you're just stepping in as someone's ready-made stepfather?"

Stewart cleared his throat. "That's how it will look to outsiders."

Briony pressed her lips into a thin line.

Her mind went straight to Irwin Wentworth.

That boy had once been the fatal crack in her and Stewart's marriage.

Even though Irwin was eventually sent away, the arguments and misunderstandings he'd brought with him still lingered vividly in Briony's memory.

"Stewart, do what you like for appearances' sake, but when it comes to the children, I expect you not to disappoint them."

"Don't worry, I won't." Stewart's expression softened, as if he, too, recalled the turmoil Irwin had caused them, and he dared not conceal anything from her.

fiancé she loved deeply. Eight years ago, there was a car accident. The eldest Cooper son

Briony's breath caught.

her late fiancé's

a moment, Briony didn't know what

in the middle of a vicious power struggle. Xenia fled abroad to have the child in secret. She raised him overseas all these years and only recently brought him back, still keeping his

she wants to claim the boy as yours and

lips tightened. He stared at

was

do you have any idea what that

his face. "Bryn, I'll explain everything

and our children. If they

Mrs. Cooper's husband. I'll address you as M Wentworth, and I'd appreciate it if you'd use my

Stewart was stunned.

didn't spare him another glance. She turned away

Stewart wouldn't even have the right

head. His tall figure

...

bedroom and shut the door behind

to the wood, she slid

covered her face with her hands, tears soaking