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?”

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

good friend of mine. No one could

tenderness in Bryant’s eyes vanished instantly, replaced by aggression. “And you’d

did I realize he hadn’t put on a shirt after changing his bandages, his chest bare except for the gauze. His broad shoulders and well–defined muscles were on full display. My

words sparked my

me closer, irrationally saying, “I won’t allow you to look at

“On what

Bryant enunciated every word, noticing my displeased expression, and then his tone softened. “Will you help me put on my shirt,

softly saying, “You

of disappointment in

life wasn’t in danger was enough for me. Just a look at him would

temporarily removing the gauze from around his neck, stiffening slightly at his unusual body temperature. He had a fever. But it wasn’t my

his shirt, carefully buttoning it up and straightening it. “There,

hung his head like a