Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 259

I let my eyelashes flutter down as I took a deep, silent breath. “It is different.”

Deciding on divorce didn’t mean I wished any harm to him.

Bryant sat on the bed, reaching out with his long arm to pull me closer, looking up at me. “What’s different?”

His gaze

had me all over the place.

I said, “Everything’s different. If anyone got hurt today, I’d be concerned.”

“Anyone?” He echoed my words, his tone turning sharp. “If it had been Mark, would you have rushed over as quickly?”

I answered without hesitation, as if to prove a point, adding, “Maybe

after all, a good friend of mine. No one could remain indifferent to a friend

“And you’d be

changing his bandages, his chest bare except for the gauze. His broad shoulders and well–defined muscles were on full display. My thoughts had been solely on his injuries, not

up, but his words sparked my anger. “Yes,

“I won’t allow you to look at other men like that,

“On what

expression, and then his tone softened. “Will you

shirt from the hospital bed and softly saying, “You should

message, a flash of disappointment in his

Making sure Bryant’s life wasn’t in danger was enough for me. Just a look at him would reassure me. Anything more was

around his neck, stiffening slightly at his unusual body temperature. He had a fever. But it wasn’t my place

I hadn’t noticed, I gently helped him into his shirt, carefully buttoning it up and

head like a sulking