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.

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

Briony's breath caught.

is her late

moment, Briony didn't know what to

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 identity quiet. But now, she plans to groom

claim the boy as yours

He stared at her with dark, unreadable

was

let out a bitter laugh. "Stewart, do you

"Bryn, I'll explain everything to

you and our children. If they don't mind,

Stewart with a cold, distant gaze. "From today onward, if we meet again, you'll be Mrs. Cooper's husband. I'll address you as M Wentworth, and I'd

Stewart was stunned.

glance. She turned away and walked into the

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

tall figure

...

returned to her bedroom and shut the

her back pressed to the wood, she slid slowly to the

face with her hands,