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.

stayed beside her, and before she knew it, she too

had passed when Briony, half-dreaming, heard someone calling

drenched in sweat, tears streaking her face, her chest

Boom! Boom! Boom-

a riot of fireworks, bursting in brilliant color. The new year

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

was New Year's. She needed to find her

...

city was alive with noise and celebration. Families and friends flocked together

slippers, Briony wove unsteadily through the revelers toward

Northborough tradition to welcome

at the glowing lanterns until her vision blurred with tears.

with it, the dam she'd held for

It's New Year's. Why aren't you

and cheers filled the night, but Briony

mother again and

desperate, was swallowed by

she called, there would never be an

grief tore through her. Her

now, she no longer had a

voices shouted fresh wishes

to a year filled with peace and