Chapter 186
\nHe Never Noticed Me Until I Loved Someone Else novel Chapter 186<\/p>\n
Exhausted, Stella took a quick shower and immediately crashed into bed.<\/p>\n
She didn’t know how long she had been asleep when a loud stumbling noise outside her door jolted her awake.<\/p>\n
Startled, she opened the door, only to find Jarrod leaning heavily against the doorframe.<\/p>\n
His suit jacket was draped over his arm, his collar was unbuttoned, the corners of his eyes were flushed red, and every breath he took reeked of alcohol.<\/p>\n
“Jarrod, why are you\u2014”<\/p>\n
Before she could finish, he reached out and pulled her into a tight embrace.<\/p>\n
“Stella, you don’t even want to see my face anymore?”<\/p>\n
His grip was bruising, his cheek pressed firmly against her ear. His voice was raw, low, and laced with a vulnerability she had never heard from him before… Was he pouting?<\/p>\n
Smelling the heavy stench of alcohol, Stella knew he was thoroughly wasted. He would never speak to her in this tone otherwise.<\/p>\n
There was no reasoning with a drunk man.<\/p>\n
He had taken care of her when she had a fever from the rain, and again on St. Jude’s Island. Out of basic decency, she couldn’t just leave him like this.<\/p>\n
She patted his shoulder and said softly, “Jarrod, you’re drunk. Let me help you to bed.”<\/p>\n
He refused to let go, his scorching breath hitting the side of her neck. He grumbled, “Stop calling me by my name. Call me husband.”<\/p>\n
“…” Stella was speechless.<\/p>\n
With a mix of coaxing and gentle pushing, she finally managed to guide him to the edge of the bed.<\/p>\n
After getting him to lie down, she was about to go downstairs and ask Mrs. Whitby to make a hangover remedy, but Jarrod suddenly grabbed her wrist.<\/p>\n
He stared at her, his eyes rimmed with a drunken flush. “Stella, is Logan really that great? Even with other women around him, you’re still thinking about him?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-3474","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}