Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 715

"Maynard." Xenia Cooper's voice drifted through the phone, quiet and distant as

she called his name.

Maynard froze.

"It's been eight years." Her laugh was brittle, devoid of warmth. "So, you do remember him. You remember that Vernon is his son. You even remember that you and Naylor are brothers."

Maynard's brow furrowed, his grip on the phone tightening.

On the other end, Xenia's voice pressed on. "Then tell me, why have you ignored us all these years? Naylor's gone-does brotherhood mean nothing now that he's dead? Why? Why did you leave Vernon and me to fend for ourselves in the nightmare that is the Cooper family?"

Maynard stood stunned, silent.

"Maynard, who are you trying to fool with this act of devotion to Briony?" Xenia let out a cold, mocking laugh. "The truth is, you're the one who's truly heartless."

Her words spilled through the line and echoed in the silent chapel, each syllable tightening around Maynard's chest.

His breath quickened. His eyelashes fluttered.

Seconds later, he hung up, clumsily, almost desperate.

...

Briony didn't leave

after the gossip and media buzz began to

in the office greeted her with bright smiles.

a massive bouquet of blue hydrangeas waiting on her

arrived first thing this morning-sent by

winked playfully as she said his

the flowers, then gently tapped Carey's forehead with it. "You know what's really going on. Stop

few who knew the truth behind the rumors. Not that it kept her

of the company, and Carey had learned a

Maynard was to Briony. She and a few others in the secretarial

share updates, quietly rooting for Briony

their

proposal coming along?" Briony

the meeting. Director Quincy's interested-he wants to handle

set in the mountains?" Briony settled into

that's high altitude out there. Is he sure he can

the script. He's already called

"Let him prep the script. He can choose his cast, but I want a full background check on every actor-three generations