Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 413

Stewart let her go.

"Bryn, don't play games with me."

He glanced at the food laid out on the table. "Behave yourself, and I'll consider whatever you ask for."

Briony's hands tightened into fists.

So, Stewart wasn't as easy to fool as she'd hoped.

But right now, she couldn't afford to provoke him any further.

Slowly, step by step, she forced herself to the small table. The sound of the iron chain dragging across the floor echoed through the room, each scrape a fresh humiliation.

She had absolutely no appetite.

"Eat. These are all your favorites," Stewart said, sinking into the chair across from her. He watched her, a hint of a smile in those dark eyes. "Go on, eat while it's

warm. Cold food isn't good for your stomach."

Briony stared at the dishes in front of her.

They really were foods she used to love.

But now, just looking at them made her stomach churn.

Stewart's gaze stayed fixed on her. He was smiling, but there was something cold and menacing behind those eyes.

Briony lowered her head, picked up a fork, and forced a bite into her mouth.

It tasted like ashes.

up the other fork and speared a piece of meat, holding it out to her. "Eat more. You've

that chilling stare, Briony opened her mouth and

her stomach rebelling with every

mechanically,

her

it anymore. She dropped her fork, clapped

her, a perfect symbol of how utterly

knees in front of the toilet and vomited

hallway, Stewart heard the harsh retching, his hand clenching so

that his

her stomach until there

and rinsed her mouth. But even after, her breathing was ragged, and she worried she might faint. She splashed cold water on her face, trying

water soaked her pallid skin, clearing the fog in her head

chain caught around her ankle, and

tile floor, pain jolting

herself on trembling arms,

elive

day and night without food—and now having lost what

when Stewart

her, long fingers gently tucking a

me make you

slapped his hand

"Get away from me..."

at him, but her voice was barely more than a whisper,

just made her