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.

a faint, sardonic smile.

his eyes, her own

energy for another long-haul flight to Ghana

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

was to go home, take a hot shower, and collapse into

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

"I've already arranged a private jet. You can rest on the

expression turned icy. "I get terrible motion sickness. I can't handle another twelve or twenty hours

his lips together, studying her

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

Briony said, her chest rising and falling, "can't you wait just

softened, just a touch. "Just three

frustration, knowing better than anyone how

something, nothing short of an earthquake would change

Three days.

a deep breath, then

But remember what you just

her eyes were exhausted, as if every last bit of energy

found she didn't even have it in

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