The Untouchable Ex Wife by Mizuki Sei

Chapter 1648
"So, you're not that stupid after all-you know that my brother was the best man you've ever met. Unfortunately, you were never
sincere towards him. You're unworthy of his love!" Stefan snarled, his fingers digging into Briar's neck. He took a deep breath,
trying his best to hold himself back. If his deceased brother knew that his beloved woman turned out to be such a wicked and
hypocritical witch, he might not rest in peace.
"I admit that I've wronged your brother, but who do we blame? You, of course!" Briar didn't flinch even though Stefan almost
broke her neck. She held his arms, tears in her eyes from the pain as she stared at him. "If it weren't for you, your brother
wouldn't have died. I would still be with him, and I might have even fallen in love with him as time went by. What right do you
have to criticize me?"
Stefan's heart skipped a beat. That was Stefan's sore point, and something he had hidden from others. Yes, Briar was not a nice
person-she had never loved Tristan and had even cheated on him, but at least she had made him happy. Stefan remembered
the first time Tristan spoke about Briar, all shy and excited like a young boy in love. Stefan had grown up with Tristan and had
rarely seen his aloof and restrained brother show such emotions, so he knew that Tristan had been sincerely in love with Briar.
Hence, he promised to take care of Briar and Briar's baby before Tristan died. However, Tristan might have never known that it
wasn’t his child at all, and Briar had only used it as an excuse to manipulate him. Sometimes, it was better to live in blissful
ignorance-at least Tristan died thinking that Briar loved him.
"If Tristan was still alive, he wouldn't let me suffer like this. If he knew that someone had pushed me down a cliff, ruined my face,
and broken my legs... And I'd been stranded at sea for three whole days... He wouldn't forgive that cruel person." Briar looked
up, her eyes wet with tears, and smirked. "I'm curious. If that actually happened, would you have fallen out with your good
brother? Is your so-called brotherhood not as strong as it seems?"

"That would never have happened." Stefan stared at Briar and scoffed. "If Tristan was lucky enough to still be alive, he would
have seen your true colors, and he wouldn't have loved you so stubbornly."
"You're too naive. You don't know him well." Briar's gaze under her mask was crafty and confident. "Do you think your brother
didn't know what kind of a person I was? The place we met was by no means proper, so he knew the kind of woman I was... but
he overestimated himself thinking he could save me. How foolish!"
"Shut up!" Stefan couldn't tolerate Briar humiliating his brother. Tristan had died many years ago, and talking about him would
only reveal how innocent and pitiful he really was. "Tell me-did you order Tess to poison Ren?"