They Want Me Back When It's Too Late (Jessica and Brian) novel Chapter 145

Chapter 145

“Whath” As soon as Brian learned about Jamie’s Necident, his ears began to ring and his breath became trapped in his thinAL

“Where is shet he managed to ask. The person on the other end gave him the address.

About fifteen minutes earlier, Jessica had finished breakfast and headed out. As she passed through the front gate, she instinctively glanced toward the

Street.

The black Bentley wasn’t there. Neither was that familiaM

She wasn’t sure how to feel about it, but mostly she felt a cold indifference settling over her. The last thing she handed was him showing up first thing in the morning to ruin her day.

Jessica pulled onto the main road in her car. Even at eight in the morning, rush hour traffic was in full swing, with cars packed bumper to bumper.

The traffic moved at a halting pace. When she reached an intersection and the light turned green, Jessica pressed the accelerator to move forward That was when the nausea hit her out of nowhere.

She couldn’t pull over in this traffic to throw up. She gritted her teeth and fought back the waves of sickness washing over her

She was so focused on not being sick that she didn’t notice the car beside her making a turn into her lane.

By the time Jessica saw it, it was too late. She yanked the steering wheel hard to avoid a collision.

BANG!

Her car slammed into the guardrail. Fortunately, she’d hit the brakes just in time to prevent anything worse.

When Brian arrived at the scene, Jessica had already given her:

erstatement to the traffic police and was off to the side, throwing up.

“Jessica!” Brian stormed over, his face dark with anger as he looked her up and down to make sure she was okay. Only after confirming she was unharmed did he let out a slight broath of relied

Jessica entirely ignored him.

Brian couldn’t hold back any longer and said coldly, “Jessica, keep being stubborn! You won’t know fear until something happens, will you? You just have to drive yourself to and from work, don’t you!”

After his triple accusation, Jessica’s face darkened too.

She had just recovered from the shock of what happened, and now Brian was interrogating her coldly without a single word of concem.

Jessica mocked herself inwardly. I am simply commuting to and from work; how did that become an act of stubbornness? Did he think everything I did. was just to spite him and act tough?”

She turned to leave, but Brian grabbed her. Whether from lingering fear or anger, Brian gripped her hand so hard that Jessica winced in pain

“How long are you going to keep up this stubborny act?” Brian’s eyes were dark and menacing, his voice deep. “Have you forgotten you’re pregnant?”

On the way here, he hadn’t dared imagine how badly Jessica might be hurt. Now seeing Jessica standing before him unharmed, his heart was still trembling.

“It’s none of y

your business!” Jessica tried hard to break free but couldn’t. The more she struggled, the tighter Brian held on.

In frustration, she said, “Let gol The baby in my belly is mine. Even when she’s born, she has nothing to do with you. Even if something happens, you

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have ho right to care about her.

Brian gritted his teeth in anger and covered Jessica’s mouth to stop her reckless words.

A nearby traffic officer noticed something was wrong and came over to ask. Only then did Brian let go.

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