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.

could see him stepping out through the glass door, impeccably dressed in

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

of water, and glanced at the untouched dinner with

to play it cool, so I suppressed my feelings, reaching out to him

busy today. I forgot it.” He paused for a second, realizing what day it was, and tried to

his hands had been tonight, and

He looked slightly stunned.

You specifically bid on my favorite necklace, It’s

his expression unreadable,

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that necklace for Steven.”

buddy is always

struggled to keep my

you know how he attracts girls. Bryant’s tone and expression

his perfect features made me

to question, was this the first time he lied to me? Or had I been too trusting before? I

patiently tried to comfort me. “I shouldn’t have forgotten such an important day. I’ll make it up to you with

only want that