When Love Breaks by Jack

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.”

He echoed my words, his tone turning sharp. “If it had been Mark,

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

of mine. No one could remain

“And you’d be fine gazing at his bare chest

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 thoughts had been solely on his injuries, not noticing his state of

cheeks heat up, but his words sparked my anger.

saying, “I won’t allow you to look at

retorted, “On what

your husband.” Bryant enunciated every word, noticing my displeased expression, and then his tone

the hospital bed and softly saying, “You should listen to the doctor and

underlying message, a flash of disappointment in his eyes.

life wasn’t in danger was enough for me. Just a look at him would reassure me. Anything more was unnecessary, only serving to complicate things for

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 doctors

him into his shirt, carefully buttoning it up and straightening it. “There, I’ll be going