Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 192

Stewart's hand clenched into a fist at his side, as if her words had struck something deep inside him.

"It's a pity-you're wrong," he said quietly.

Briony stared at him, her eyes brimming with scorn.

"If you truly understood the legend behind the Ghanaian divorce ritual, you'd realize just how absurd this little ceremony you've arranged really is."

His voice was low and heavier than she'd ever heard. "I just... wanted us to have something to remember. A way to mark what we had."

He searched her face, desperate, his gaze taking on a wild glint. "Briony, after five years of marriage, you can't tell me there's nothing left between us."

"Something between us?" Briony gave a sharp, bitter laugh, her eyes flashing with unshed tears. "Stewart, now that you realize you can't use my bond with Irwin to sway me, you want to play the 'husband and wife' card instead?"

Stewart's jaw tightened, his eyes fixed on hers.

when was there

stopped breathing for

each other. After their feelings have faded, they return together-dressed as they were on their wedding day-to the place where they began their marriage. The ritual is about going back to where

"But Stewart, we never loved each other. We never even had a real wedding. So this whole charade of a divorce ritual? It's

if to protest, but nothing came out. In the end, he could only

Briony's words were icy, final. "From now on, Stewart, you're nothing to me but the man who indirectly caused my mother's death. We're

at the young boy sitting off to the side. One look was all she gave him

is Rosita. I can't keep pretending he's my son. So from now on, please take care

away and strode toward the church

out instinctively, but he was a moment too

soft hair slipped through his fingers, leaving

echoed through the church. "Mom, where are you going? I'm sorry, I promise

didn't look back. Her steps

her, nodding in silent support.

the edge of the beach, where her wedding dress lay