Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 350

He'd spent his life calculating gains and losses, mastering every tactic to stay in control. Logic and numbers were his language; that's how he analyzed everyone and everything around him. Over time, he'd walled off any emotional need inside himself.

By ignoring his own feelings, it was inevitable he'd overlook his partner's as well.

And with all the medication he was taking...

Cedric Clarke felt a tangle of emotions he couldn't quite name.

"Stewart, maybe it's time you take a hard look at your marriage with Briony," Cedric said quietly. "Ask yourself are you really holding on just for the sake of the kids? Or is it just because Briony seems like the 'right' fit?"

"I don't know," Stewart admitted, his gaze dropping to the half-empty glass in his hand. "All I know is, I don't want a divorce."

"I always thought you loved Briony without realizing it. But now, it seems to me you've never truly cared for her at all."

Stewart's grip on his glass tightened, knuckles turning white. "So you're saying she only endured everything because she loves me?"

while you're down, but honestly, you brought a lot of this on yourself. Briony put up with so much-she sacrificed her happiness for you because she loved

insisting you don't love her, and all you can talk about is how to keep this marriage afloat for practical reasons. But you don't love her, Stewart. So

stared at the table, his jaw clenched tight, unable to

how

Cedric's

eyes

her happy. You'd know how to make her smile. But you

understand her?"

think about what I'm

Cedric stood, voice steady.

for practical reasons, maybe she fell in love with you along the way, or maybe she had feelings for you from the start-I don't know. But what I do see

own wife, to stand up and issue statements for you and Rosita. That alone disqualifies you from claiming to be a decent

act now. But the fact remains, your son died because of her. You can't change that. And as a father, you failed in that respect

echoed through the