Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 94

Briony ignored her and focused on her own meal, barely glancing up.

That New Year's Eve dinner was shrouded in an uneasy, suffocating silence.

Stella ate in tears, each bite swallowed with more saltwater than food.

Briony, on the other hand, managed to eat quite a bit.

But as she cleared the table, she suddenly clamped a hand over her mouth and bolted for the bathroom, where she threw up everything she'd eaten.

Stella panicked, but Briony just offered a faint smile and murmured that she was simply tired.

It was barely nine o'clock-hours still to go before midnight.

Stella gently supported Briony, helping her to bed.

In the past three days, Briony had barely slept a wink.

And if Briony was awake, Stella couldn't rest either.

Given the state Briony was in, Stella refused to leave her side. She'd called their parents earlier to explain, and they understood, reminding her to take good care of Briony.

Once Briony lay down, exhaustion overtook her and she drifted off almost instantly.

and before she knew it, she

impossible to say how long had passed when Briony, half-dreaming, heard someone calling her

tears streaking her face, her

Boom! Boom! Boom-

riot of fireworks, bursting in brilliant color. The

Briony glanced over at Stella, who was fast asleep. Carefully, Briony slipped out from under

was New Year's. She needed to

...

river, the city was alive with noise and celebration. Families and friends flocked

slippers, Briony wove unsteadily through

river-a Northborough tradition to welcome the new year with wishes and

lanterns until her vision

it, the dam she'd held

Why

and cheers filled the night, but

her mother

and desperate, was swallowed by the crowd-no one

matter how she called, there would never

through her.

she no longer had

behind, voices shouted fresh wishes into

to a year filled with peace and happiness for the whole