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.

glass door, impeccably dressed in a tailor-made- dark suit, his presence commanding

turned on the lights, surprised to find me in the dining room. Trying to stand up, I fell back into the chair, my

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

out to him with a smile. “Happy

He paused for a second, realizing what

had been tonight, and

He looked slightly stunned.

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

his hand, his expression unreadable, his voice calm.

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that necklace for Steven.”

the internet says, a buddy is

keep my smile. “Is that

attracts girls.

looking at him in the lights, his perfect features made me wonder

this the first time he lied to me? Or had I been too trusting

such an important

“I only want that