They Want Me Back When It's Too Late (Jessica and Brian) novel Chapter 436

Chapter 436

After all, Wesley was her doctor now, and she had been the one to introduce them in the first place. It would be really weird to suddenly say something like that, but she couldn’t just let it slide.

“It’s nothing, really. Just… if he asks you similar questions again, maybe don’t answer him. He’s been bothering me every day lately, and it’s getting annoying,” Sana stammered.

Jessica crossed her hands on the desk and raised an eyebrow. “Are you trying to show off right now?”

“No! Absolutely not. Jessica, don’t jump to conclusions. There’s nothing between us,” Sana protested frantically.

She couldn’t explain the real situation, which made everything even more frustrating. ‘This is all Wesley’s fault,‘ she thought.

“Oka, if you say there’s nothing, then there’s nothing. I believe you. Don’t get upset,” Jessica said quickly, trying to calm Sana down after she’d clearly hit

a nerve.

But Sana’s mood didn’t bounce back that easily. She sighed heavily before finally saying, “Anyway, that’s all I wanted to tell you. Just listen to me on this one, Jessica.”

Jessica nodded. She wasn’t really interested in getting involved in other people’s love lives anyway.

After Sana left, Jessica glanced down at her phone again to check for new messages. When she saw there weren’t any, she turned off the screen and set it aside.

But later that night, right before bed, Jessica found herself scrolling through Madeline’s Instagram. She saw post after post from the past few days- photos of Madeline out to dinner and shopping with Brian.

The man in the pictures never showed his face, but Jessica could tell from his build and clothes that it was definitely Brian.

Jessica’s finger moved slowly across the screen as she scrolled through the photos. She couldn’t quite figure out what she was feeling.

Just then, Madeline posted something new. It was a picture taken under the moonlight by a streetlamp, showing the long shadows of two people holding hands.

Jessica suddenly felt sick to her stomach. She dropped her phone and rushed to the bathroom.

Outside the apartment building, Madeline had just finished posting her latest Instagram photo. She was now paying the male model she’d hired for the evening’s performance.

After Madetine got rid of the male model, she checked her bank account balance and pressed her lips together in a tight line. There wasn’t much money

left.

She was running out of time. ‘Jessica, you better not let me down,‘ she thought as she looked up toward Jessica’s apartment building, her eyes gleaming with malicious intent.

Jessica had been so disgusted the night before that she predictably overslept the next morning. She had just finished putting toothpaste on her toothbrush when someone started pounding on her door.

Jessica glanced at her toothbrush, then at the dooy, and decided to finish brushing her teeth first. By the time she was done with her morning routine and walked to the door, the knocking had become frantically urgent.

Jessica opened the door with a blank expression and found herself face–to–face with Brian, whose eyes were red with panic.

“Jessica, are you okay? Why did it take you so long to answer?” Brian immediately started checking her over from head to toe.

“Enough!” Jessica snapped when Brian tried to reach toward her stomach, ‘Does this guy think I’m dead or something?‘ she thought.

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Chapter 436

Brian quickly pulled his hands back and looked down apologetically. “Sorry, I was just worried. E didn’t mean anything by it to

Even as he spoke, he kept glancing at her face, trying to figure out if she was really fine or just putting on a brave front,

Jessica stepped back, putting some distance between them. “I was just washing up,” she said, offering that as her only explanation.

Brian understood and let out a huge sigh of relief. “Good, that’s good,” he said, glancing at the door lock with obvious longing in his eyes. But he didn’t say anything about it.

Jessica pretended not to notice and turned to go back inside.

Brian automatically followed her in with the breakfast, quickly setting everything out on the dining table. Once he finished arranging the food, he couldn’t help but pull out his phone to contact Wesley.

Jessica came out just in time to see this, and her fingers immediately curled into fists.

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