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.

through the glass door, impeccably dressed in a

the dining room. Trying to stand up, I fell back into the chair, my legs numb. “I’m waiting for you.” I

casual smile, poured himself a glass of water, and glanced

it cool, so I suppressed my feelings, reaching out to him with a smile. “Happy

today. I forgot it.” He paused for a second, realizing what day it was, and tried to ruffle my hair, which

know where his hands had been tonight, and the

He looked slightly stunned.

I kept smiling “Don’t try to fool me. You specifically bid on my favorite necklace, It’s all

his hand, his expression unreadable,

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that necklace for Steven.”

a buddy is always the

keep my smile. “Is that

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

at him in the lights, his perfect features

the first time he lied to me? Or had I been too trusting before? I wouldn’t have doubted his explanation if it hadn’t been for that anonymous

forgotten such an

insisted. “I only want that