When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 4

“Fine.” I pursed my lips, ultimately deciding to leave a shred of dignity for him before Margaret. Or perhaps it was for my own sake.

For the moment, I couldn’t quite pin down Margaret’s purpose for her visit. Was she genuinely feeling she shouldn’t accept the necklace? Or was she there to declare. something?-

A flicker of emotion passed across Margaret’s face too swiftly to be caught. She smiled. “I was worried this necklace might cause some misunderstanding between you two. Seems like it hasn’t, so I’ll be heading back now.”

Emma escorted her out.

As soon as the front door closed, I stepped away from Bryant’s embrace, “You said it was for Steven, right? And Margaret’s married, isn’t she? Since when did she become one of Steven’s flings? Hmm…”

Bryant silenced me with a kiss, fierce and urgent, almost as if venting some frustration.

Only when I found it hard to breathe did he slightly loosen his hold, caressing my head as he admitted his fault. “I lied to you.”

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He pulled me close. “Margaret’s divorced. I was worried about her, so I gave her the gift.”

got what Bryant meant by

bit my lip, half-doubting,

mother saved my life at the cost of her own. I

Emma. Bryant’s biological mother died during childbirth, and when

child. She even went so far as to risk her life to save Bryant, ending up in a vegetative state for many

it was for that reason, it made

“Bryant, I believe you just wanted to repay a debt of gratitude, and you only see

ended up in

suspicions hadn’t completely vanished. They were

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Chapter 5

Chapter 5

needed to double-check to ensure what I read in the

become the head of the Design Department, would be

my offbeat reaction, waved a hand before my face,

replying, “Yeah, Margaret is Bryant’s half-sister, the one I mentioned to

as thieves since college, had

tongue. “Damn, talk about

along to what she

never even heard of her in the design circles. And Bryant, just like that, hands her the director’s spot? And you, what does he think of