Chapter 258
\nHe Never Noticed Me Until I Loved Someone Else novel Chapter 258<\/p>\n
The interior of the car fell into a suffocating silence.<\/p>\n
After what felt like an eternity, Jarrod finally broke it. “Why didn’t you tell me you were being mistreated at the Quinn house, or that your father slapped you?”<\/p>\n
Stella’s lips twitched into a bitter half-smile. She kept her eyes glued to the passing city lights outside the window.<\/p>\n
It hit Jarrod then, like a punch to the gut.<\/p>\n
She had never told him about the sheer disrespect she endured from his own family. Why would she ever bother telling him about the abuse from hers?<\/p>\n
“Stella, have you ever considered me your husband?” Jarrod asked, unable to keep the raw edge out of his voice.<\/p>\n
Stella turned her head, meeting his gaze. His handsome brow was creased, a dark, turbulent frustration swimming in his eyes.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, a low, exhausted laugh slipped past her lips. “Do you know why my father slapped me?”<\/p>\n
Jarrod frowned. His instincts screamed that the answer had everything to do with him.<\/p>\n
“Because you were photographed looking incredibly intimate with Chloe at that airport overseas. He blamed me for failing to keep your attention. We fought…”<\/p>\n
Just as Jarrod suspected, his own reckless actions were the catalyst for her pain.<\/p>\n
“Under those circumstances, how exactly was I supposed to come to you for comfort?” Stella asked quietly.<\/p>\n
Jarrod felt a sickening drop in his stomach. He was the root of her humiliation.<\/p>\n
He had aggressively stepped in to avenge her tonight, only to realize he was the original villain in the story.<\/p>\n
A heavy, suffocating guilt wrapped around Jarrod’s throat.<\/p>\n
“Jarrod, you didn’t have to do any of this for me today,” Stella said softly.<\/p>\n
Jarrod understood exactly what she meant. He had heard this argument before\u2014back at the Fuller estate, when he had blamed her for not asking him to handle Serena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-3546","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3546","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=3546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}