Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 457

Chapter 464

Briony pounded both fists against the heavy iron gates, her cries echoing into the empty night.

No matter how loud she screamed, nobody came to unlock the door for her.

This was the truth.

This was the reality behind Stewart and Lorna taking her son away...

Darkness pressed down from above, thick and suffocating.

The wind was rising-an omen of the storm to come.

Still, Briony refused to leave. She remained outside the gates, stubborn and unmoving.

Upstairs in the study, Lorna knocked softly before entering.

Stewart sat at his desk, eyes fixed on the security footage on his screen. He could see Briony still outside, bracing herself against the coming storm, showing no sign of backing down.

"Maybe we should let Carol talk to her?" Lorna suggested.

"No." Stewart's voice was rough, tired. "She needs to see things as they are. That's the only way she'll let go."

Lorna sighed. "But her nerves are already stretched to the breaking point... Do we really have to do this?"

Stewart closed his eyes. "We don't have time to do it any other way, do we?"

Lorna pressed her lips together.

was right. Time

Stewart, there really wasn't much

against the tall windows in

the downpour

hair and clothes plastered to her skin, but

out with an umbrella, trying to

please, can't you help me?"

at Briony's pale, drawn face, her own heart twisting. Still, she forced herself

work for Mr. Wentworth now. There's nothing I

didn't you see the way they're

tinged with helplessness. "Mario's a good kid, Ms. Kensington. Everyone has their own way of raising children. I know it's hard for you to accept how Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth do things, but when Mario grows up, when you see how well he does-you'll understand they only want the

"That's not it. Stewart doesn't care about Mario's feelings at all. He just wants

people who'd give anything for their child to be the Wentworth heir." Carol shoved the umbrella into Briony's hands. "Please,

Carol shut the door and hurried back inside

clutched the umbrella, her whole

Even Carol had changed...

Why?

how to get her son

on. Briony stayed outside,

it was Carol who

Briony was trembling

her

aside the

his arm. "James,"

help bring Mario

for her. "Let's get

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