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.

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

Briony's breath caught.

is her late fiancé's

a moment, Briony didn't know

child in secret. She raised him overseas all these years and only recently brought him back, still keeping his identity quiet. But now, she plans to groom him as her

"So she wants to claim the boy as yours and hers

tightened. He stared at her with dark,

silence was

a bitter laugh. "Stewart, do you have any idea what

away, guilt shadowing his face. "Bryn, I'll explain

you and our children.

took a deep breath, fixing Stewart with a cold, distant gaze. "From today onward, if we meet again, you'll be Mrs. Cooper's

Stewart was stunned.

away and walked into the house, not

retreat was final. After this, Stewart wouldn't even have the right to call her

His tall figure looked

...

bedroom and

wood, she slid slowly to

face with her hands, tears soaking through