Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 431

Back at Skybreeze Retreat.

Briony opened the file the moment she walked in.

Stewart's research was thorough-painfully so.

Her mother's old case wasn't as simple as it seemed. There was a hidden layer, a secret that changed everything.

And at the center of it all... Neal.

Briony flipped through the documents, her hands trembling. All of this had only come to light in the past few months.

Lauren and Neal had known each other from the very beginning.

Neal had started out in business too, but his ambition got the better of him. Greed led him into smuggling and dirty money. Then, during a government crackdown, Neal killed a federal agent while trying to escape, and ended up at the top of the most-wanted list.

After Neal went on the run, Lauren discovered she was pregnant. Alone, she gave birth to Rosita. Not long after, desperate to survive, she started working in nightclubs.

That world introduced her to wealthy men-years spent as someone's kept woman, but most of them grew bored quickly, discarding Lauren with a severance check when the thrill wore off.

Lauren refused to accept that fate. She began hunting for a man who could give her real status.

that Lauren had

with Malcolm Kensington. To keep Neal quiet, she decided to cooperate with

Malcolm, with the plan to push Julia Hudson out of the Kensington family and take her place as Mrs. Kensington. That way, their daughter Rosita would become the legitimate Kensington heiress. Lauren would try to have a son, and then Neal would arrange for Malcolm's

was right, Neal would get rid of Malcolm for good. Everything

all went smoothly-until the day Malcolm caught Lauren and Neal together. Enraged, he stormed home, drank

on pure instinct. She shoved Malcolm away- then, thrown off balance, she fell herself, slamming her head against the wall. She blacked

was told Malcolm had

police-believed Julia had accidentally pushed Malcolm to

evidence: on the night of Malcolm's death, a housekeeper saw Lauren fleeing the back

being implicated, had quit and returned to

Stewart's

was no direct proof

real breakthrough

Because Neal wasn't dead.

the Lockwood family arson case, Neat suffered burns over sixty percent of his body.

recovery-comatose, hidden away.

month ago, Neal finally came

team brought Neal to Lauren's

at her, mind and body weakening day by

the expensive medication she'd bought