The Heartbreak Prescription

Chapter 45

Wendy adjusted her white shirt and turned to face Stanley.

The phone was still on the nightstand, the ringtone playing over and over. Yet, Stanley didn't even glance at it. He didn't pick up

Jessica's call

That was probably the first time he had ever done that.

Stanley, tall and lean, stood up and removed his black suit jacket. Underneath, he wore a white shirt, but there was a large stain

on the back-blood. Wendy's mind flashed to the lash Glinda had struck him with earlier.

That lash had cut deep into his skin, but his resolve was unshakable. He didn't show a hint of pain on his face.

The wounds needed to be treated or they could get infected.

"I'll get the first aid kit and take care of that for you," Wendy said.

Stanley turned his head to look at her, his lips curving into a small, teasing smile. "A moment ago, you wouldn't even look at

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Wendy bent down to grab the first aid kit. "I just didn't want Grandma to worry."

down on the

off your shirt,"

the white shirt to reveal his

first time Wendy had seen Stanley shirtless. His broad

of a gym junkie. Instead, he had six well-defined abs, dignified and subtle. His V-line disappeared into his black pants, held in

almost too much, and Wendy's face flushed a deep red. She didn't know where

deep and

confusion. "Even? What do

smiled. "Earlier, I looked at you. Now, you've seen

an even brighter shade of red. "I didn't

"Then

she had known this would happen,

applied antiseptic to his wound. The lash had been deep, and the red blood against the pale

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interrupted her thoughts. "This mess was caused

It was clear now- he

you always clean up after her?" Wendy asked, bitterness lacing her tone. "She's already gone so far as to involve Grandma. Who knows

He realized that Jessica had changed,

wasn't like this