The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 1172

Stella frowned, struggling to open her eyes.

A few feet away, a campfire crackled and glowed, its warmth filling the small cave. Suspended above the flames hung a battered little pot, steam billowing from its bubbling contents.

Joshua stood with his back to her, stirring the pot with a spoon.

Stella coughed softly, her voice hoarse. "What are you doing?"

At the sound of her voice, Joshua turned around.

"You're awake, good. Here-try to eat something first."

She blinked in surprise. "Eat something?"

Joshua ladled a bowl of soup from the pot and brought it over to her.

Only as he drew closer did Stella realize what it was—a bowl of mushroom soup.

The earthy aroma drifted through the cave, and even though her body still felt dull and weak, a faint hunger stirred within her.

She looked from the soup to Joshua, curiosity overcoming her. "Mushrooms? Where did you find them?"

leftovers from that abandoned campsite they'd stumbled upon earlier. The pot itself was cracked on one side,

picked the mushrooms just outside," Joshua

for asking. Maybe her fever was making her slow -her head wasn't

bowl. "You need something hot in your system if

wouldn't do her any good right now. Judging by her state, she probably couldn't have kept them down anyway, so

soup. Though it was little more than clear broth and

noticed her hesitation and guessed at the source of her worry. "Don't

her fingers around its warmth,

The soup was unexpectedly

just

soup tasted like a

bit of dirt, even the roots. The bowl and spoon, too-she

spread through her, clearing the fog in her

at her empty bowl. "Want some more? I can get you

head.

sick, after all-her appetite wasn't likely to be

press her. Instead, he poured himself a

had already begun to

entrance. "Looks like it'll