Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 41

Rosita's breath caught, her face drained of color as she swayed unsteadily, those innocent eyes glassy with unshed tears.

Briony watched with cold detachment, silently counting in her mind.

One, two, three...

On cue, Rosita squeezed her eyes shut and collapsed, her slender frame crumpling to the floor.

"Rosita!"

Stewart rushed forward and scooped the unconscious Rosita into his arms. He shot Briony a quick look, then turned and strode out of the room without another word.

Briony remained a silent observer, her expression unmoved, not even a flicker of emotion crossing her face.

Rosita's timing was always impeccable-she could faint at just the right moment, every single time. Stewart, blinded by love, never seemed to notice.

Briony closed the door to the hospital room, drew a deep breath, and let her eyes flutter shut.

"Bryn."

Briony opened her eyes at the sound of her mother's voice, meeting Julia's red- rimmed gaze.

"Bryn, what's really going on between you and Attorney Wentworth?" Julia blurted out, then quickly added, "I'm not accusing you, sweetheart. I'm just worried about you."

Briony walked over and took her mother's hand. "Mom, I didn't tell you before because I thought it would all be over soon, and I didn't want you to worry unnecessarily. If I'd known things would get this complicated, I would've told you everything from the start."

dawning suspicion. "So, you and Attorney

face was calm, her eyes hollowed out by old wounds. These days, just hearing Stewart's

Top floor, private suite.

on the

with his back to her, tall and rigid,

a

his silhouette was enough to make

propped herself up, her voice soft

turned his head slightly.

face was unreadable,

Rosita faltered. "What's wrong?"

on the fragile woman lying in the bed,

held her breath, her fingers

a whisper, tinged with wounded innocence. "I

you." Stewart's voice was low and

Rosita froze.

be put on

wouldn't be ready until the day

Briony had no choice but to stay with her mother

to insist she didn't want Briony's work

reassured her, explaining she'd already spoken to her client and everything was

the ins and outs of Briony's job, so it was easy to put her mind