Our Journey Back To Love
Chapter 59

Chapter 59

Brian’s expression was stormy as he asked, “You said you felt guilty, but your words don’t mean anything until you start acting on them. Nurse me back to health.”

Stella squirmed under his gaze. “I really am sorry about what happened.”

“Then apply the ointment for me,” Brian ordered.

Stella fell speechless. She considered his words for a moment, and a thought crossed her mind.

She asked cautiously, “Are you sure you want me to apply the ointment for you?”

Brian scoffed and looked away.

“Very well, then,” Stella said. She mustered her courage and placed her hands on the waistband of his

trousers. The legs of his trousers had been cut to accommodate his braces.

Startled, Brian turned to look at her and demanded, “What are you doing?”

“Applying the ointment for you!” Stella answered, blushing as her fingers pinched his zipper and made to

tug it down. “It might sting, so just bear with it for a moment.”

With that, she pulled down the zipper and slid off Brians trousers.

Brian’s breathing hitched for a moment.

Stella was flustered, but she tried her best to look calm. This was her fault, and she would bear the

consequences.

The trousers were down, but she couldn’t pull them off on account of Brian’s braces. She said, “Your leg’s hurt. I’ll go get the scissors and cut your trousers away if that’s all right?”

Brian was only teasing when he asked her to apply the ointment for him. He didn’t think she would take it

seriously.

However, when he looked down and saw her blushing, he couldn’t bring himself to get angry at her. “Go

ahead,” he said.

“Okay.” Stella rose to her feet and retrieved a pair of scissors. She then made quick work of cutting through the fabric of Brian’s trousers.

He frowned.

“What, are you worried I’d cut you?” she asked, laughing at his reaction.

“Be careful,” he warned.

“I will.” She began to cut her way up his trouser leg, her nimble fingers making quick work of the endeavor. “Relax, I won’t cut you by accident.”

Brian closed his eyes as press against his skin.

he felt the cold metal bida

At last, the trouser Teg was cut, revealing Brian’s leg Stella couldn’t help blushing at the sight of this.

Brian worked out regularly and sported an attractive physique.

“Don’t tell me you’re too shy to look,” Brian said with a wicked smile.

“I’ll get you a dressing robe,” Stella said, her face warming with each word as she averted her gaze.

She walked to the foot of the bed and picked up the dressing robe, only to realize how awkward it would

be for her to put on the dressing robe for Brian.

A moment of thought later, she perched by him and eased him into an upright position. She draped the dressing robe over his frame and said, “Raise your arm for me.”

Stella was still carrying his clothes, which smelled like pine. She looked up to see his handsome profile

only a hand’s breadth away.

She blushed as she quietly pulled the sleeve of the dressing robe over his arm.

Brian’s gaze lingered on the alabaster skin of her nape. He narrowed his eyes, which darkened as he accused, “You’re taking your time putting on the robe for me.”

Stella’s skin prickled when she felt his warm breath on her neck. She stiffened and retorted, “That’s

because I don’t want to hurt your leg.”

“I think it’s because you’re afraid you’d fall for me,” Brian countered

Stella’s brows furrowed. “Another word out of you and I’ll let Yvonne take over nursing duties.”

“Cruel, wicked thing,” Brian muttered,

Stella’s thoughts drifted away for a moment. The way she and Brian were bantering right now reminded.

her of how they used to be.

On days when Brian was overcome with desire, he would purr in her ear, “Sweetheart.”

Images of what happened after that flashed through Stella’s mind. She blushed furiously as she shook her head, willing herself to think about anything but those filthy thoughts

“There we go, the dressing robe’s on. Lie down and I’ll apply the ointment for you,” Stella declared as she

eased Brian onto the pillows.

Brian said nothing and merely closed his eyes when his head hit the pillows.