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.

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

Briony's breath caught.

boy is her late

moment, Briony didn't

secret. She raised him overseas all these years and only recently brought him back,

frowned. "So she wants to claim the boy as

tightened. He stared at her with

silence was answer

laugh. "Stewart, do you

his face. "Bryn, I'll explain

done arguing. "This is between you and

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

Stewart was stunned.

spare him another glance. She turned away and

final. After this, Stewart wouldn't even have the

tall figure

...

bedroom and shut the door

the wood,

her hands, tears soaking through her