Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 253

He liked it, so naturally, I loved it, too. How could it feel forced?

Bryant’s deep eyes sparkled intensely. Tm pot unwilling, either Come on, eat up

My heart ached for him. “You know your stomach has been acting up.”

“You’ve been putting up with it for three years. Can’t I handle it just this once? You’re underestimating me.” He said earnestly

I lowered my peze. “Fine, if you insist”

After dinner, he offered to do the dishes, leaving me guilt–free to continue my work.

It was different with Mark. If Mark did the dishes, I’d feel a twinge of quilt since we were just friends. But with Bryant, I’d taken care of him for three years. His cooking and doing the dishes didn’t seem too much to ask.

“Got any painkillers?” I was deep into planning the style for our company’s first batch of new products when Bryant, rubbing his stomach, made his way to the couch beside me.

I almost chuckled, getting the pills and placing them before him. “So much for not underestimating you, huh?”

often skip meals to settle shareholder disputes and manage his team, not to mention the endless social drinking on an empty stomach. It

looked into my

dal

asked. “In what

lips pursed slightly. “You used to panic seeing me

paused before replying, “Back then, love clouded

stomach–soothing broths daily. I’d avoid flaunting our relationship before the board, waiting instead for him to come home and drink

grabbed my arm, pulling me close. “And

familiar scent overwhelming me. The warmth of his body seared my skin, and my

scrambled up. “Now, um, I’m more inclined to ask, shouldn’t you be heading home after your medicine? It’s

go on like

inwardly, Jane, don’t

fell, and he

to the medicine and

his voice tightened, “Can I, maybe not leave

saying

safe, and if something happened, it’d somehow be my fault. It was too late to ask Kevin to pick him