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."

her eyes never leaving his. "If you want someone who's good at coddling his feelings, maybe Jeannie's

is just

his own professional caretaker, why

in a

If my absence really mattered, then how come

his dark eyes steady

you're not truly giving these shares to Little Nina, then I don't want

documents back on the table and turned to

those shares for

and held it out to her. "Hold onto them for

her five percent of

struck silent by her

a long moment before he finally spoke.

about Irwin. Please, just accept

really mean it, give her ten

lingered

was unyielding; there was no

pause, his voice dropped. "Fine.

paperwork and send it to me

arm out of his grasp and strode

passed the large window, catching a fleeting glimpse of the watercolor Stewart had pressured her to finish four years ago. She barely glanced at it

followed her until

silence broken only by

James pulled up bright and early to pick up