Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 335

So it was all about Irwin.

Briony wasn't surprised at least, not really.

"What have I ever done to him?" she said with a faint laugh. "Don't make it sound like I've been cruel or something."

Stewart sighed, frustration creeping into his voice. "Irwin's actually quite sensitive. Briony, I know you hold grudges against me and against Rosita, but Irwin is innocent in all this."

Briony's gaze was icy. "Innocent? And what, my son deserved what happened to him?"

"That's not what I meant."

Stewart's brow furrowed. "I get that you're angry, and you can take it all out on me

if you want. But can't you show Irwin a little more care? For the sake of his real father?"

Briony's eyes narrowed.

Of course Stewart would pull that move. When persuasion failed, he'd even invoke Irwin's heroic father for sympathy.

"Stewart, I respect heroes. But I'm just a mother who lost her child. I'm petty and small-minded—I can't possibly understand your grand generosity."

"The best I can do is not take out my pain on Irwin. But if you expect me to treat him as my own, that's simply impossible."

"You don't have to treat him like your own," Stewart said quietly. "Just... show him a little kindness."

his. "If you want someone who's good at coddling his

is just the

professional caretaker,

in a way no

then how come Irwin was perfectly

pressed his lips together, his dark eyes steady

you're not truly giving these shares to Little Nina, then

the documents back on the table and turned to leave.

meant those shares for Little Nina

the folder and held it out to her. "Hold onto

love? Give her five percent of the company, and in retum expect her mother to care for your enemy's

silent by her

long moment before he finally spoke. "I didn't think it

Please, just accept the

cold laugh. "If you really mean it, give her ten

lingered

there was

dropped. "Fine.

and send it

of his grasp and strode

catching a fleeting glimpse of the watercolor Stewart had pressured her to finish four years

followed her until she disappeared from

his brow, the silence broken only by the

morning, James pulled up bright and early to pick up Briony