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

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

gave a casual smile, poured himself a glass of water, and glanced at the untouched dinner with a

reaching out to him with a smile. “Happy anniversary. You got me a

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

his hands had been tonight, and the

He looked slightly stunned.

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

“Bryant slowly withdrew his hand, his

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that necklace for Steven.”

buddy is always the

struggled to keep my

he attracts girls. Bryant’s tone and

at him in the lights, his perfect features made

me? Or had I been too trusting before?

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

“I only want that