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.

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

word echoed in Briony's mind like a relentless

was

after five years of living together, raising a child side by side- even if there was no romantic love between them-they

along, the man she shared her life

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

years have been hard on you. Stewart and I are both grateful for

"You've raised Irwin so well. As his

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

at Rosita, his small face twisted in anger. "You're a bad woman! You have no right

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

She stood and snapped at Briony, "Is this

no energy to argue with Fiona. Still, for Irwin's sake, she managed, "He's just a child. You have

up to?" Fiona sneered. "Briony, we're both women. Don't think

"Galen!"

butler hurried over.

the boy. I won't have the Wentworth family's blood

he stepped