Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 228

Briony froze, yanking her hand back in an instant.

The plane jolted violently, the turbulence so intense that lightning flashed outside the window, thunder rumbling so loud it rattled her skull.

Over the chaos, the flight attendant's calm voice came through the speakers:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we're experiencing turbulence as we pass through a storm cloud. Please make sure your seat belts are securely fastened, follow the crew's instructions, and keep your hands on the seatback in front of you..."

Briony had never been through turbulence this bad before.

As the shaking grew worse, panic started to ripple through the cabin.

"Mum, I'm scared, I want to go home "

"Are we going to die? I haven't even met my boyfriend yet―"

"God, please, just get us through this, please—”

Cries and prayers overlapped in a rising tide of fear. Suddenly, the plane lurched with a sickening drop. Screams erupted as the cabin depressurized and the oxygen masks fell from overhead with a thud.

Stewart grabbed a mask and quickly fitted it over Briony's face. "Don't panic. Deep breaths."

Briony squeezed her eyes shut, mind blank with terror.

But the turbulence was so fierce her stomach rebelled. Nausea twisted through her, and she clung to the armrests, desperate for it to end.

Five endless minutes later, the shaking finally eased. The plane broke free of the storm clouds, leveling out at cruising altitude.

flight attendant's voice returned, gentle and reassuring. "Ladies and gentlemen, we've safely passed through the storm. We apologize for the scare. Our crew will be coming through

belt and stood, hand over her mouth, but her legs nearly gave out beneath her. Stewart

feel sick?" he asked

up at him, face drawn and miserable. She shoved his hand away, voice tense. “Just leave

over a

was violently

for the dizziness to fade. Gradually, her

to her seat, the flight attendant greeted her with a warm smile and offered a cup of hot water and some motion

accepted just the water. "No pills, thank you. I'm feeling

at all, just let us know," the attendant

the attendant left, Briony sipped the warm water, feeling the comforting heat settle in her belly. The

only about fifteen minutes until landing, Briony gave up on sleeping. She pulled out a paperback from her bag and opened it, eyes scanning the

Stewart kept silent, only glancing at her

Briony's profile looked calm, her skin

back, and closed his

bus was winding its way into the

closer they got, the lighter

the bus left the highway for the narrow mountain roads,

up from his book, glanced out into the pitch-black, then checked his watch and did a quick mental calculation. "We should be getting close. If it weren't for the rain slowing us down, we'd have arrived by now." "Oh." Stella

in surprise. "Really? I thought you'd

Cedric said with a

you?" he asked. "What do you usually read?" "Me?" Stella shrugged, completely honest. "I only read

Living My Best Life, or I'm the Billionaire Heiress and Juggling Eight Boyfriends,

Cedric stared, momentarily speechless.

female leads, you know? Med school is