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.

out through the glass door, impeccably dressed in a tailor-made-

on the lights, surprised to find me in the dining room. Trying

poured himself a glass of water, and glanced at the untouched dinner with a hint of

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

it.” He paused for a second, realizing what day it was, and tried to ruffle

didn’t know where his hands had been tonight, and the thought disgusted

He looked slightly stunned.

“Don’t try to fool me. You specifically bid on

slowly withdrew his hand, his expression unreadable, his voice

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that necklace for Steven.”

internet says, a buddy is

struggled to keep my smile.

girls.

in the lights, his perfect features made me

me? Or had I been too trusting before? I wouldn’t have doubted his explanation if it hadn’t been for that anonymous

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

“I only want