Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 658

Briony kept her head bowed, afraid he might notice something was wrong.

She nodded quietly and lifted another spoonful of soup to her lips.

Stewart stood nearby, watching her. It wasn't until her third bite that he finally noticed something was off.

He quickly crouched down beside her, just in time to see a tear slip from her eye.

The tear landed in the pale soup.

A sharp ache pulsed in Stewart's chest. "Bryn?"

Briony reached up to wipe her eyes. "I'm fine, really..."

Stewart gently took the bowl from her hands and set it on the table.

"Bryn, I'm sorry. I know I put you through so much." He knelt on one knee in front

of her, a heavy sorrow settling over him.

He knew exactly why she was crying.

A simple bowl of soup had opened the floodgates of memory.

For five years, she had started from nothing, learning as she went, raising a newborn with patience and devotion. She gave everything without complaint, only to have it all repaid with his betrayal, and the resentment and blame of that child she'd loved as her own...

Then, after four years apart, even when fate brought them together again, he'd only managed to hurt her all over.

Each wound had etched itself into her heart, leaving scars that never quite faded.

that she just didn't want to keep clinging to the past. Maybe she was simply too tired to

truly happened-how could

bowl of soup, and she was in

a complete fool

was consumed with regret ashamed of all

wanting to wipe away her tears, but Briony turned

to meet his eyes, determined not to let him see her looking

hand hung awkwardly

he swallowed hard

got to his feet and left

door closed, Briony buried

of soup sat untouched,

or objects returned, the memories came with them, resurfacing with a vengeance, taking root and torturing

for now, she couldn't genuinely tell

impossible to hide Briony's illness for

trustworthy-except

and Gwendolyn White rushed from Silveridge without

down in tears, while Briony, calm and composed, ended up comforting her instead-even though

being. With Briony's health so

at the hospital, along with private nurses and round-the-clock care, so Gwendolyn and Carney realized there wasn't much more they could do.

even now, only

the countryside years ago and knew little about what

unaware, thriving under

Julia's

found an excuse to leave home alone and slipped

in the little