He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 191

But the moment he almost touched her, his hand froze in midair.

Sebastian cursed under his breath. He had actually detected a trace of something abnormal within himself—an emotion he shouldn't be feeling toward Helena.

He scoffed. Absolutely impossible.

Sebastian quickly regained his composure, his gaze turning cold once more.

That strange flicker of emotion was completely buried.

But because he was leaning so close to her, an accidental brush against her was inevitable.

Almost as a reflex, the second Sebastian touched her, she began to struggle subconsciously.

"No, don't touch me..." Every syllable was laced with intense resistance toward him.

She hadn't even opened her eyes, trapped in the terrifying grip of a nightmare.

"Sebastian, I hate you..." Helena continued to murmur in her sleep.

Those words made his gaze turn instantly somber.

His hands clenched into fists, knuckles cracking in the suffocating silence of the master bedroom.

Perhaps he was simply too close.

Sensing something, Helena's eyes snapped open.

When she saw him, her wariness only intensified.

Without thinking, she instinctively scrambled backward until her back hit the headboard.

It was the farthest she could get from him on the bed.

"What are you doing?" she asked, her voice tight and defensive.

Seeing her act like this irritated him to no end.

"What am I doing?" Sebastian fired back, his tone grim.

Helena didn't answer.

She knew perfectly well that whatever she said to him would be wrong.

Silence was her safest bet.

"You are my wife. Anything I do is entirely justified," he stated bluntly.

As soon as the words left his mouth, his hand shot out and gripped her wrist.

That single movement sent a flood of traumatic memories rushing back.

Fear flickered in her eyes.

She bit her lip, remaining silent.

He looked down at her, his voice steady but carrying an undeniable edge. "Did you forget you're pregnant? Did you forget you aren't supposed to get overly agitated? Have you completely ignored everything the doctor said?"

Every word was a harsh reprimand.

A suffocating wave of despair washed over her.

But there was nowhere to channel that pain.

Her expression went blank as she replied coldly, "As long as you stay out of my sight, Mr. Hayes, I can be perfectly calm every single day."

"You—" Sebastian's face tightened in fury.

Seeing his sudden outrage actually brought a twisted sense of satisfaction to her heart.

If he was going to torment her, she wasn't going to let him off easy either.

Perhaps the deepest love inevitably breeds the sharpest hatred.

By now, hatred was all they had left.

Her gaze remained stubbornly defiant.

In the suffocating atmosphere, her breathing grew shallow and erratic.