Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 143

Chapter 143:

Eileen didn’t have time to wonder why Bryan knew she was locked up here or if Milford had noticed that Bryan had slipped her some food.

She served herself the meal and ate eagerly while it was still warm, finally quenching her hunger.

Perhaps Bryan had realized that her confrontation with Milford would be the decisive one, so he had covertly helped her.

She didn’t ponder his reasons; her main focus was to get Milford on board with her tutoring plan.

The following morning, Milford came back to find Eileen looking exhausted from a sleepless night.

Milford thought she was still famished and questioned, “Are you trying to starve yourself? I’m underage, so even if you do, it won’t get me in trouble. Just follow my orders and give me back my tutoring money!”

He was clearly oblivious to the fact that Bryan had secretly sent food to Eileen.

“I don’t care. My life has been miserable anyway. Maybe dying young will offer me a fresh start,” Eileen murmured feebly, feigning a fatalistic acceptance as she looked at Milford.

A flicker of concern crossed Milford’s face, but he tightened his jaw, preparing to depart, fortified by Bryan’s reassurance that Eileen wouldn’t die of starvation for at least three days.

“Wait,” Eileen called out suddenly, retrieving a repaired bead with a string from her bag and slowly walking towards Milford. “I fixed it for you,” she said, offering the bead.

Milford’s eyes widened in surprise as he approached, extending his hand through the small window. “Hand it over.”

Eileen placed the bead in his palm, explaining, “I used some clear glue to fix it. It won’t spin freely on the string anymore, but you can still wear it.”

After she made some final tweaks and cleaned off the leftover glue, the bead appeared pristine, showing no signs of repair.

Milford bit his lip, his gaze hardening as he met her eyes. “Don’t think I’ll let you off the hook just because you fixed this!”

“I wasn’t suggesting that. I just thought if I ended up dying in this glass prison, I wanted to make sure you had it. Otherwise, I might never have the chance to give it to you,” Eileen replied.

Turning away, she collapsed back into her seat, her body sagging as if it might give out at any moment.

She kept her gaze averted from Milford, feeling the tension in the air. Perhaps she could get out of here smoothly today.

After that, Milford began visiting her after lunch, quietly making sure she was still breathing.

Bryan never got the chance to show up with any food, and by the afternoon, Eileen’s stomach was growling with hunger.

Trying to get up, Eileen accidentally stumbled over a chair, and a sharp pain shot through her leg.

“Ouch—” She inhaled sharply, pain flaring up.

Suddenly, the sound of a door opening reverberated behind her as Milford burst through. “Are you okay?”

looked at Eileen with concern, fearing she

As

his gaze, Milford found Bryan crouching before him, helping

the door,”

Milford obeyed. As Bryan carried Eileen toward the door, Eileen suddenly clung to

her lips. “I can’t leave. If I do, he’ll

to

before exclaiming, “Why are you still thinking about that now? Do you want me to put your name in a place

quickly withdrew

anymore, but she feigned injury and continued the

navigating several turns before gently

two exhausting days in the chair, a wave of fatigue swept through her

plush mattress and stretched, succumbing

eyes, she noticed Bryan seated next to her, his eyes twinkling with mischief as he lit a cigarette and watched it

she realized that her deal with Milford was now something she had

creasing as he adjusted his tie and stood up. He walked to the window, took a drag from his cigarette, and faced her again. “That’s

as a compliment. She nodded slightly, “Thank you for the acknowledgment, Mr. Dawson.

turned to exit,

a bottle of milk and a

faded away when he noticed Eileen standing there,

in to calm Milford before things escalated. “It’s over. You’ve already lost,” he declared, implying that Eileen had been pretending to

of you have plotted against me?” Milford’s anger boiled over, and he threw the food onto

Eileen and Bryan, he blurted out, “You’re a shameless

corner of Eileen’s mouth twitched, and Bryan’s

wrong, Milford

to learn about proper behavior,” Bryan

left Bryan’s bedroom. She

breathe the

the villa

window, a sneer

really think he would let her off easily just because she

had definitely become more audacious

heading to

usually reserved for tutoring Milford, but she had hurriedly left

moved Adalina’s

her tasks

A greeted her at the door. As she was changing her shoes, laughter echoed

at home?” Eileen asked, recognizing the laughter as

a smile. “Mrs. Vance is currently enjoying a

and proceeded to the living room, where she found four women engrossed in a