Chapter 92

Stewart strode straight over, blocking Briony's path.

She stopped and slowly lifted her gaze to meet his. Her eyes were empty, drained of any trace of emotion.

He looked at her, a strange, sharp ache twisting in his chest. "I'll get a search team organized-"

Crack!

A sharp slap cut him off mid-sentence.

Stewart's head snapped to the side. For a stunned moment, he just stood there, brows pinched in confusion before he finally turned to look at Briony.

Her hand—still trembling from the blow-fell limply to her side. She tried to clench her fist, but her fingers shook uncontrollably. She'd put everything she had into that slap, and now she had nothing left.

But she refused to let Stewart see her weakness. She glared at him coldly. "Get out of my way."

Stewart's expression darkened.

Cedric Clarke hurried over, grabbing Stewart by the arm and pulling him aside. "Let it go, man. She's not herself right now-you're only making things worse."

a thin

used to being in control. For the first time, he found

angry. But when he met the burning resentment in Briony's eyes, he was

and walked toward her car, her figure looking heartbreakingly slight against the

hard, fighting through the pain that gripped his chest. Almost without thinking,

but didn't

said. Her voice was hoarse and lifeless, carried

stared at the way she

nearly frantic. "If you want to apologize, just say

furious glare. "Are you trying to drive her mad? Let her

but for a long moment, no sound came. Finally, he

now, those

and Stella

around. She couldn't bear to look at

say it again.

but he didn't

in this moment, for Briony to

at

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