When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 2

Could this casual and caring?

a straved man ever!

It was odd. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Bryant was also a whiz in the kitchen, whipping up delicious meals in no time.

Yet, he hardly ever cooked. But he served up an enticing tomato meat sauce pasta in about fifteen minutes.

“It’s not bad!” I didn’t hold back my praise after taking a bite. “Who taught you to cook? It is better than any restaurant’s food.”

He seemed momentarily lost in thought, his expression clouded. After a half-minute pause, he said quietly, “For those two years I spent studying abroad, I had to learn to fend for myself to satisfy my cravings for home.”

It was just casual conversation on my part, and I didn’t think much more of it.

After bathing and lying in bed, it was already past three in the morning.

Behind me, Bryant’s warm body pressed against mine, his chin resting in the crook of my neck, gently nuzzling.

sanded down, his breath on my

his hand slipping under the hem of

always dominant in bed,

not tonight…” My voice was as weak as my body.

his hand venturing lower, his words turning my cheeks scarlet. “This seems

I have a

that, he finally ceased his actions, gently kissing my earlobe and pulling

at him, unblinking. “My period was at the beginning of the month. It’s already

seemed calm, questioning himself, “My memory must’ve played tricks on me. Is

“I’ve already been this

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the doctor say?”

my eyes,

pain was due to a threatened miscarriage, advising me to take

pregnancy on our

buried it in a homemade

that cake was still untouched in the

kept it hidden for the time, thinking everything would be fine if that necklace

by the presence of the other woman.