Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 448

She stood up and glanced at Lorna. "Ms. Riley, would you mind waiting here for a moment? I'll go upstairs and help little Mario pack his things."

"That won't be necessary, Ms. Kensington," Lorna replied. "Stewart isn't going to restrict Mario from seeing you. If he misses you, we'll bring him over to stay for a few days. So you can leave his things here for now."

Briony nodded calmly. "Alright."

"Mario, come here," Lorna called, gesturing for the little boy.

Mario obediently walked over to her side.

Lorna ruffled his hair. "Go say goodbye to your mom, your grandparents, and your godfather."

Mario lifted his hand and waved. "Bye, Mom. Bye, Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Carney."

After their goodbyes, the adults stood by the door, watching as Lorna led little Mario away.

Lorna had come in Stewart's car.

She opened the back door. A child's car seat was already installed.

She lifted Mario into the seat and bent down to buckle him in securely.

Then, shutting the door, she turned to the group standing in the doorway, nodded politely, and walked around to the driver's side, got in, and started the car.

The Maybach pulled away, turned, and disappeared down the drive.

Gwendolyn White waited until the car had vanished from sight before turning to Briony.

"This Ms. Riley seems awfully close to Stewart, doesn't she? And Mario doesn't seem to mind her at all."

"As long as they're good to Mario, that's all that matters."

"Oh, what a mess this all is!" Gwendolyn grumbled. "Stewart kept dragging out the divorce-I thought he cared about you. But now, the minute it's final, he's already got another woman lined up. And she's clearly planning to be Mario's new stepmom!"

enough," Carney interrupted, pulling his wife aside. "Don't you

worried about Mario, too!" Gwendolyn protested. "Have you seen the kind of women Stewart's been with before?

might be clueless, but he'd never let his own

shot Carney a glare,

staring out at the empty road, her eyes

his head and followed the

drive back, Lorna and Mario were

secluded-just the sort of place for

seatbelt, Lorna twisted around to the backseat. "Mario, I need to talk to those men outside for a moment. You be

Mario nodded solemnly.

set the radio to the children's music channel and turned up the volume, then stepped out

black stepped out of the

sized

leader scowled. "Is that Mr. Wentworth's

Lorna's smile was mocking. "What

"Hand the kid over."

You say jump and I'm supposed to ask how high?" She laughed. "I'd lose all self-respect

us for

only a woman, they didn't take her seriously at

pulled a

like lightning-the

hands and legs, and in

were writhing on

ground, groaning in pain.

Lorna

cheek with her

tell

to quit

I'm the