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.”

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

to prove a point, adding, “Maybe

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

vanished instantly, replaced by aggression. “And you’d be fine gazing at his bare chest just

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 thoughts had been solely on his injuries, not noticing

felt my cheeks heat up, but his words sparked

He stubbornly pulled me closer, irrationally saying, “I won’t allow you to look at other men like that, especially

“On what

displeased expression, and then his tone softened. “Will you help me put on

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

detected the underlying message, a flash of

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

if I hadn’t noticed, I gently helped him into his shirt,