He Never Noticed Me Until I Loved Someone Else novel Chapter 206

Given the current state of their relationship, it obviously wasn't appropriate for them to share a bed.

Since Jarrod's injured arm made the master bedroom's layout more convenient for him, Stella had opted for the guest room.

Jarrod stared at her. "I can't change the bandages or apply the ointment on my own."

Stella nodded. "Let's head to your room, then. I'll help you."

Seeing the lingering exhaustion on his face, she stepped forward and offered her hand, gently supporting him as he stood from his chair.

They walked to the master bedroom together.

The room was kept at a comfortable temperature. Stella laid out all the necessary medical supplies before carefully unwrapping the medicine-stained bandages from his arm.

Her movements were agonizingly gentle, terrified of causing him any pain, her expression a picture of pure concentration.

Jarrod watched the stray hairs that had escaped framing her porcelain face, his Adam's apple bobbing involuntarily.

The faint, intoxicating scent of gardenias drifted from her hair, wrapping around him. The memory of running his fingers through those exact strands flashed violently in his mind, making his throat go entirely dry.

His body shifted subtly in response.

"What's wrong? Did I hurt you?" Stella asked, looking up in concern.

She was standing intimately close to his side. When she spoke, her warm breath brushed against his ear, and he could feel the radiating heat of her body.

Jarrod's voice came out rough and ragged. "You're just applying medicine. Could you stop trying to seduce me?"

Stella froze, her eyes going wide, convinced she had misheard him.

She had beautiful, expressive eyes—large, round, and currently shimmering with genuine shock like two polished obsidian stones.

Jarrod felt his self-control hanging by a thread. He stubbornly averted his gaze. "Hurry up!"

Stella was utterly lost for words.

She hadn't missed the sudden darkening in his eyes or the physical reaction he was desperately trying to hide. Paired with his ridiculous accusation, a flush of embarrassed anger crept up her neck.

She was entirely focused on changing his bandages, completely innocent of any ulterior motives, and he had the nerve to accuse her of seducing him?

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