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.

a fiancé she loved deeply. Eight years ago, there was a car accident. The eldest Cooper son was left in a coma, and her fiancé

Briony's breath caught.

is her

moment, Briony didn't know

child in secret. She raised him overseas all these years and only recently brought him back, still keeping

the

stared at her with dark,

silence was answer

a bitter laugh. "Stewart, do you have any

face. "Bryn,

you want." Briony was done arguing. "This is between you and our children. If they

"From today onward, if we meet again, you'll be Mrs. Cooper's husband. I'll address you as M Wentworth, and I'd appreciate

Stewart was stunned.

didn't spare him another glance. She turned away and

retreat was final. After this, Stewart wouldn't even

His tall figure looked achingly lonely

...

returned to her bedroom and

to the wood, she slid slowly to the

with her hands, tears soaking through