Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 709

Stewart's brow was furrowed tight.

There was something deeply unsettling about the way Xenia Cooper spoke—a glimpse into a mind teetering on the edge.

“Xenia, you need to see a psychiatrist," he said quietly.

“Oh, but I have!” Xenia replied with a twisted smile. She stood, sauntered over to him, and reached for his collar as if to straighten it, but Stewart recoiled, his expression full of disgust.

He backed away as if she were venomous. The look in his eyes was the way you'd look at someone completely unhinged.

Xenia arched an eyebrow, tilting her head with a mocking little smirk. "All your chastity for Briony has come to nothing, you know. She and Maynard just made their relationship official. With the way Maynard's family operates, it won't be long before they pressure Briony into marriage. For the sake of the baby, for the family's reputation—she'll have no choice but to give in.”

"Bryn won't,” Stewart said, his voice firm, full of conviction.

She laughed, her lips a slash of crimson. "Oh yeah? Want to make a bet?"

Stewart had no intention of humoring her. There was nothing to be gained from arguing with a woman this unstable.

He turned to leave.

"Stewart.” Her voice stopped him in his tracks.

He hesitated, shoulders tense.

back. “Really—let's make a bet. Don't you want to know if

face him, meeting

teased, her smile sharp. "You still can't let

agreement with me for her sake. And now, she's about to marry another man

woman before him radiated a chilling, almost

about hatred for any one

She hated the

memory flashed-Vernon's voice in the hospital: “My

really was

Vernon, Stewart felt something

for his age. But Xenia never stopped pushing him, training him,

memories

once was, but now, with his own son and daughter healing him, he wanted to do something for

sigh. “Xenia, you're sick.

if hearing the punchline to a cosmic joke. "Me sick? I was perfectly healthy when I donated bone marrow to Briony-all the tests said so. The doctors said I could live to a hundred! I'll be there to see Vernon grow up, get married, have a family. I'll be

this, you'll be lucky if he grows up normal

"He's my son.

torturing him. You grew up in a powerful family, Stewart-you know what it's like. You survived the Wentworths' family wars-sowhy can't Vernon do the same? He

there was no point arguing with