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.”

it

answered without hesitation, as if to prove a point,

of mine. No one

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

after changing his bandages, his chest bare except for the gauze. His broad shoulders and well–defined muscles were on full display. My

heat up, but his words sparked my anger.

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

retorted, “On

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

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

a flash of disappointment in his

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

bent down, temporarily removing the gauze from around his neck, stiffening slightly at his unusual body temperature.

I gently helped him into his shirt, carefully buttoning