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!"

his wife aside. "Don't you think

"Have you seen the kind of women Stewart's been

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

women!" Gwendolyn shot Carney a glare, then turned and tugged

lingered at the doorway, staring out at the empty road,

shook his head and followed the others

back, Lorna and Mario were suddenly

street was secluded-just the

to talk to those

Mario nodded solemnly.

the children's music channel and turned up the volume, then stepped out of the car and quietly shut and locked the

men in black stepped out

against the car, arms crossed, Lorna sized them up and

scowled. "Is that Mr. Wentworth's

was

"Hand the kid over."

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

blame us for

woman, they didn't take her seriously at all. The men

narrowed. She pulled a hairpin

moved like

hands and legs, and in secondel

were writhing on

ground, groaning in pain.

Lorna

cheek with

tell

to quit coming

godson. I'm the protective