Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

If it was about the children, Briony needed to know the details. "What is it?"

"Xenia Cooper has an eight-year-old son."

Briony froze for a moment.

An eight-year-old son...

Her brows drew together. "So you're just stepping in as someone's ready-made stepfather?"

Stewart cleared his throat. "That's how it will look to outsiders."

Briony pressed her lips into a thin line.

Her mind went straight to Irwin Wentworth.

That boy had once been the fatal crack in her and Stewart's marriage.

Even though Irwin was eventually sent away, the arguments and misunderstandings he'd brought with him still lingered vividly in Briony's memory.

"Stewart, do what you like for appearances' sake, but when it comes to the children, I expect you not to disappoint them."

"Don't worry, I won't." Stewart's expression softened, as if he, too, recalled the turmoil Irwin had caused them, and he dared not conceal anything from her.

loved deeply. Eight years ago, there was a car accident. The eldest Cooper son was

Briony's breath caught.

is her late fiancé's

a moment, Briony didn't know what

fled abroad to have the child in secret. She raised him overseas all these

the boy as yours and hers in

stared at her with dark,

silence was answer

do you have

shadowing his face. "Bryn,

you and our children. If they don't mind,

gaze. "From today onward, if we meet again, you'll be Mrs. Cooper's husband. I'll address you as M Wentworth, and I'd appreciate it

Stewart was stunned.

didn't spare him another glance. She turned away and walked into the

final. After this, Stewart wouldn't even

hung his head. His tall figure looked achingly lonely in the

...

and shut the door

pressed to the wood, she slid slowly

face with her hands, tears