Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 4

Briony drew a deep breath, doing her best to keep her composure.

She turned to Rosita. "Ms. Lockwood, are you really Irwin's biological mother?"-

Rosita met Briony's gaze, her smile gentle and warm. "Five years ago, because of work and a company contract, I had no choice but to keep my relationship with Irwin a secret."

Briony's breath caught. "Irwin's father..."

"Irwin is Stewart's and my child," Rosita replied softly.

Her words, gentle as they sounded, plunged into Briony's heart like a dagger.

Briony froze, a suffocating pain tightening her chest and draining all color from her face.

So, all this time-the child she had raised and loved as her own for five years— was actually Stewart and Rosita's son.

Which meant Stewart had been deceiving her from the very beginning.

He hadn't cheated after their wedding; rather, he'd been playing her for a fool right from the start.

honest with you from the

echoed in Briony's

Stewart, she was just an

raising a child side by side- even if there

man she shared her life with had only

of it. Why would Stewart lie to her? If he'd only told her the truth from the start, she never would

hard on you. Stewart and I are both grateful for

"You've raised Irwin so well. As

pressed tightly together and face eerily calm, though her arm around Irwin trembled ever so

Rosita, his small face twisted in anger. "You're a bad woman! You have no right to call yourself my mom! I don't

was stunned, her hand flying to her mouth as tears welled up in her eyes. The hurt and restraint

at Briony, "Is

she managed, "He's just a child. You have to give

sneered. "Briony, we're both women. Don't think your

"Galen!"

butler hurried over. "Yes,

Wentworth family's blood manipulated by a

hesitated, but at Fiona's glare, he stepped forward