When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

As autumn crept in, the days grew shorter and the nights longer.

When the car rolled into the driveway of the Ferguson Mansion, dusk had already wrapped its arms around the estate.

Colored lamps hung around the house, setting a festive mood that seemed out of a storybook.

I parked the car and stepped out with my bag, leaving the world behind me.

I had warned him over the phone, yet Timothy, stubborn as ever, was waiting in the yard.

for us.

Over the phone, I could hide my feelings, but in person, Timothy saw right through me. “Did that-rascal give you trouble again?” Timothy’s mustache twitched with concern, ready to jump to my defense.

“It’s nothing.” I didn’t want to get him worried, so I pulled him inside. “It’s chilly out here. Didn’t the breeze give you a headache?”

Though I tried to cover for Bryant, Timothy’s face darkened the moment he saw Bryant and Margaret step out of the car one after the other.

But with all family members there, Timothy held back his temper.

father-in-law, Albert Ferguson, lit up seeing Margaret. “Bryant, I heard Margaret’s working at

to hear

at me and said softly,

should help Bryant to ensure Margaret feels

it up again out of concern that someone at the company might not be fair to

responding, “Don’t worry. Margaret is my boss now. If anything, I need her

mood at

step down from my position anytime,” Margaret said, the picture of grace and

I might have seemned a bit

down, upset, his

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you’re entitled to it only because Bryant decided to

“Grandpa…”

can’t bear it.” Timothy

truly accepted Margaret. He had fiercely opposed Teresa’s entry into the family to begin

family’s fortune had been out of Albert’s reach,

Dad, she’s all alone in this… Why

“Enough!” Timothy snapped.

was the first time I’d seen him call

flustered, “I shouldn’t have come today. I’m sorry

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