Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 424

He was speaking when, all of a sudden, he coughed violently and spat out a mouthful of blood.

A moment later, the man could hold himself up no longer. His tall frame collapsed,

knees slamming hard against the unforgiving deck.

He coughed again, more blood spilling from his lips.

Briony hadn't hesitated-her aim had been both ruthless and precise.

It must have hit his spleen.

Bianca heard the commotion and came running. When she saw Stewart kneeling on the deck, a knife still lodged in his side and blood on his lips, she gasped in horror and called frantically for the doctor.

Their private physician rushed over.

Stewart, clinging to consciousness by a thread, managed to command, "Turn the boat around. Now. And... get my wife back to her cabin-"

With those words, his eyes fluttered shut. He passed out cold.

"Sir!"

Briony watched as Stewart was carried away toward the cabins.

Conditions on the yacht were far from ideal. The doctor could do little more than stop the bleeding.

Bianca pressed him for answers.

"It looks like his spleen's been injured," the doctor admitted, his voice strained. "I can't risk removing the knife out here. We need to get him to a hospital as soon as possible."

heard this, she hurried back out onto the

the wind was howling, and fat raindrops

arm. "Ma'am, he's unconscious. Please, you need to come inside! The waves are getting worse out

Briony refused to let go of the

she went back inside, Stewart would

he's lost consciousness from a spleen injury. The captain's

her voice over the storm, pleading with

now, you have more say on this yacht than anyone else. What are you

Briony blinked, startled.

weather was growing fiercer by

stung her

mind, she saw

was as if she woke from a nightmare. "I can't...

hittle Nina's still waiting

at home!"

up and spilled from Briony's eyes. Relieved, Bianca quickly helped her

wouldn't return

Bianca brought her to her own

me

don't you take a hot shower and change

Bianca suggested gently.

glanced down at herself. Her wedding gown was drenched, streaked with blood, an utter

just like

with blood and

Briony out

it out.