Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 23

She slapped her thigh so hard she winced in pain, but that didn't stop her from cursing. "Stewart is cheating in broad daylight! You're not even divorced yet and he's already flaunting his relationship with Rosita?!"

A dull, persistent ache spread through Briony's chest, but her face remained blank. "It was only a matter of time."

At this point, all she could do was face reality.

What she'd once thought was a solid, legal five-year marriage had always been,

to Stewart, nothing more than a business arrangement-one he could end at any moment.

He had never taken their marriage seriously. Of course he wouldn't think his relationship with Rosita was wrong.

"You're just going to let this go?" Stella looked at her, exasperated. "Even if your marriage started out as a deal, if he hadn't lied to you about Irwin's mother being dead, would you have agreed to marry him at all?"

Briony's lashes trembled.

That's right. If she'd known from the beginning that Rosita was Irwin's mother, she never would have agreed to marry Stewart. She never would have let herself fall for him...

Even if she'd had no choice back then-if marriage was the only way out-she would have drawn a hard line, done only what was necessary to be a good stepmother.

and Rosita. She would never

had turned out was

at Briony, burning

was hurting, she'd never show it. She bottled everything up. Maybe that had something to do with her upbringing. And maybe

family. She never expected Stewart and Rosita-the world's

thought about it, the angrier she got. She

judgment. For five years, he hasn't been blind to your

I'm going

are "

reached out and pressed her

at her, realizing Briony truly had no intention of fighting back, and it made her

Bryn! Stewart and Rosita lied to you for five whole years.

after Irwin was part of

Irwin was part of the deal, why did Stewart sleep with you? If he loved Rosita so much, why drag you

froze, then pressed her lips together,

let out a bitter laugh. "It's my fault. I was

realizing she'd gone too far. She immediately bent down and wrapped Briony