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.

I heard Margaret’s working at the company now. You better look after her. That’s

pretend not to hear that,

me and said softly, “Yeah, I

help Bryant to ensure

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

my boss now. If anything, I need her to

remark shifted the mood at the

you’re not happy, I can step down from my position anytime,”

have seemned

slammed his cup down, upset, his words sharp. “Step

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to it only because Bryant decided to

“Grandpa…”

can’t bear it.” Timothy

He had fiercely opposed Teresa’s entry into the family to

the Ferguson family’s fortune had been out of Albert’s

she’s all alone in this… Why

“Enough!” Timothy snapped.

wasn’t fond of Margaret, but it was the

shouldn’t

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