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.

sorry for keeping this from you for so long. I actually advised Stewart to be honest with you from the beginning, but he thought it would be

in Briony's mind like a relentless

Stewart, she was

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

man she shared her life with had only ever kept her at arm's

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

on you. Stewart and I are

Irwin so well. As his biological mother,

face eerily calm,

You're lying! I only have one mother-and I want my real mom!" Irwin shouted at Rosita, his small face twisted in anger. "You're a bad woman! You have no right to call yourself my

to her mouth as tears welled up in her eyes. The hurt and restraint in her

snapped at Briony,

Fiona. Still, for Irwin's sake, she managed, "He's just a child. You have to give him time to process all of

see what you're up to?" Fiona sneered. "Briony, we're both women.

"Galen!"

hurried over. "Yes,

won't have the Wentworth family's blood manipulated

glare, he stepped