When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 1

On our third wedding anniversary, Bryant Ferguson paid big money to get me the necklace I’d been eyeing for ages.

Everyone around us said he was head over heels in love with me.

Filled with joy, I was busy preparing a candlelit dinner when a video popped up on my phone. In the video, Bryant put the necklace around another woman’s neck, saying, “Congrats on your fresh start.”

It turned out it wasn’t just our anniversary. It was also the day his first love was finalizing her divorce.

I never in

imagined something like this could happen to me. Though my marriage to Bryant wasn’t born out of a whirlwind romance, he always played the role of the doting husband in public.

I sat at the dining table, staring at the cold steak and the trending topic, [Bryant Spends Millions To Make His Wife’s Happy.]

It all felt like a cruel joke.

At 2 a.m., a sleek black Mercedes finally pulled into the driveway.

door, impeccably dressed in

are you still up?” Bryant turned on the lights, surprised to find me in the dining room. Trying to stand up, I fell back into the chair, my legs numb. “I’m waiting for

glass of water, and glanced at

suppressed my feelings, reaching out to him

so busy today. I forgot it.” He paused for a second, realizing what day

know where his hands had been tonight, and the thought

He looked slightly stunned.

You specifically bid on my favorite necklace, It’s all over the news!

withdrew his hand, his expression

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that necklace for Steven.”

says, a buddy is always the best

to keep my smile.

girls. Bryant’s tone and expression were

his perfect features made me

to me? Or had I been too

shouldn’t have forgotten such

insisted. “I only want