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.

truly sorry for keeping this from you for so long. I actually advised Stewart to be honest with you from

Briony's mind like

she was just an

by side- even if there was no romantic love between them-they at

man she shared her life with had only ever kept

make sense of it. Why would Stewart lie to her? If he'd only told

years have been hard on you. Stewart and I are both grateful for everything you've done for

"You've raised Irwin so well.

face eerily calm, though her arm around Irwin trembled ever so

small face twisted in anger. "You're a bad woman! You

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

and snapped at Briony, "Is this how you raise a child? Where's

to argue with Fiona. Still, for Irwin's sake, she managed,

to?" Fiona sneered. "Briony, we're both

"Galen!"

hurried over.

I won't have the Wentworth family's blood manipulated

glare, he stepped forward and pulled Irwin from Briony's