“What’s your reason?”
“Didn’t Stewart already tell you?” Garry let out a low, mocking laugh. “That son you gave birth to all those years ago—he didn’t die.”
Briony’s breath caught. “How do you know that?”
“Because I was the one who bribed the doctor back then. I had a stillborn switched for your son.”
Briony froze, stunned.
“Garry, you have no proof. Why should I believe a word you say?”
Her heart was pounding, but she forced herself to appear calm, refusing to let Garry see her panic. “You and Stewart both claim my son’s alive, but neither of you have shown me so much as a single photo or video. Do you really think I’m that gullible?”
“Of course Stewart won’t let you see him.” Garry sneered. “Because the boy is with me. And if I don’t want to give him back, what exactly do you think you can do about it?”
Briony pressed her lips together.
“He cares about you even more than I expected,” Garry went on. “He’s terrified you’ll find out the boy is with me, afraid I’ll use him to threaten you—force you to marry me. And to be honest, that’s precisely what I intend. So, Ms. Kensington, are you willing to marry me for the sake of your son?”
His voice turned cold and menacing. “As far as I know, you and Stewart are already divorced, and polygamy is legal in Westenmar. Think it over, Ms. Kensington.”
Briony clenched her fists, fighting to keep her anger in check. “Garry, whatever’s going on between you and Stewart isn’t my concern. But the child—he’s innocent!”
“Oh, I know he’s innocent,” Garry said, his tone growing more petulant. “But that doesn’t mean I’m going to just let this go.”
He sounded almost gleeful in his malice. “If Stewart hadn’t stolen Randolph’s son all those years ago, I wouldn’t have had to go to such lengths to steal his.”
Randolph? Briony’s mind raced. Garry knew Randolph too?
So this feud between Garry and Stewart was about Irwin’s custody all along?
“Garry, I don’t know the history between you and Stewart. I only learned from Stewart recently that Randolph entrusted Irwin to him before he died. But now you’re saying Stewart stole Irwin from you?”
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