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?”

hesitation, as if to prove a

good friend of mine. No one could remain

vanished instantly, replaced by aggression. “And you’d

bare except for the gauze. His broad shoulders and well–defined muscles were on

cheeks heat up, but his words sparked

won’t allow

“On

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

didn’t refuse, picking up the shirt from the hospital bed and softly saying, “You should listen

detected the underlying message, a flash of disappointment

for me. Just a look at him would reassure me. Anything more was

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

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

hung his head like a sulking child, jaw