Chapter 178

"Wait a second!"

James stepped in front of Briony, his expression stern. "We just got off a plane, and now you want Bryn to hop on another long-haul flight? Even a pack mule would call it quits by now!"

"Exactly!" Stella pulled Briony over to her side and glared at Stewart, her voice brimming with outrage. "If you want to go chasing after love like a lunatic, that's your business. Bryn isn't about to join you on your wild goose chase!"

Stewart fixed his gaze on James, his eyes cold and unreadable.

He was a little taller than James, and dressed head-to-toe in his usual black, he radiated an intimidating presence that was hard to ignore.

"This is between me and Briony. You have no right to interfere."

James didn't back down in the slightest. His brows were knitted in defiance, and

the handsome lines of his face were set with the stubborn pride of youth.

"Whatever concerns Bryn concerns me that's all there is to it!"

His voice rang out, clear and unyielding.

At that, Stewart's brows arched slightly.

lips curving into a faint, sardonic smile. "And what about you, Bryn? Do you agree with

eyes, her own

didn't have the energy for another long-haul flight to Ghana

with Stella and James doing their best to look after her-she still felt a bone-deep exhaustion she couldn't quite shake,

go home, take a hot shower, and

said quietly. "I'm tired. I need a few days

a private jet. You can rest on the

sickness. I

lips together,

long moment, he let out a sigh that sounded almost resigned. "I had Cedric

rising and falling, "can't you

there." Stewart's tone softened, just a touch. "Just three days. That's

knowing better

something, nothing short of an earthquake would change his

Three days.

took a deep breath, then looked at

But remember what you

eyes were exhausted, as if every last bit of energy had been wrung out of

didn't even have it in

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