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."

into a thin line, his

being in control. For the first time,

resentment in

glance. She turned and walked toward her car, her

Almost without thinking, he reached out

froze, but didn't look

Her voice was hoarse and lifeless, carried away by the wind,

the way she hung her head, his emotions swirling, but his lips

nearly frantic. "If you want

glare. "Are you trying to

for a long moment, no sound came. Finally, he managed just

those

and Stella fell

around. She couldn't bear to look

say it

jaw clenched, but he

maybe he'd lost his mind-still desperate, in this moment, for

to glare at him with all the hatred

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