"Bryn, please—don't cry, I..."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Briony looked at him, her voice trembling. "Stewart, this

is my life. I don't need you to save me like this."

A sharp pain twisted in Stewart's chest.

"Bryn, the only thing that matters is that you're alive."

He reached out, wanting to wipe away her tears, but Briony stepped back and

stood up, just out of reach.

She brushed the tears from her face, her voice icy. "You traded ten years of

marriage to save my life, Stewart. Do you really think that makes you some kind of

hero?"

Stewart's breath caught. "I didn't think about any of that. In that moment, all I

wanted was for you to survive. Bryn, everything else pales in comparison to you

being alive..."

Briony stared at him, eyes shining with tears.

Suddenly, she let out a brittle laugh and nodded. "You're right. Compared to being

alive, nothing else matters."

"Bryn, don't overthink this. You have to live. Our kids need their mother."

Stewart swallowed hard. "Don't pay any attention to what Xenia Cooper says. The

deal was between me and her—it has nothing to do with you. I didn't tell you

Even

it's because of me. If you want

our kids growing up

at him, silent tears streaming down

face.

the children as an excuse, never

play dumb. After everything they'd been through,

feelings for her, she'd

she couldn't bear the

or at least remained

beyond that... Love tangled up with a debt she

if you say it, I'll believe

her tears

a steady gaze. "If

saved me for the kids,

what I'll believe. If you say

you

that we're even.

kind as

want to Jive. You're

than

I'll accept all of

her, Stewart felt as though an invisible hand was squeezing his

you're Xenia

and I

our

we have

distance. From now

room

Mansion. If you want

kids, let me

I'll arrange it—or you

someone to

colder her words became,

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