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.

Albert Ferguson, lit up seeing Margaret. “Bryant, I heard Margaret’s working

could pretend not to hear that, focusing on

and said softly, “Yeah, I

help Bryant to ensure Margaret feels

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

cider, calmly responding, “Don’t worry. Margaret is my boss

shifted the mood at the dinner

you. If you’re not happy, I can step down from my position anytime,” Margaret said, the

to her, I might have seemned a

upset, his

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to it only because Bryant decided to

“Grandpa…”

‘grandpa’ me. I can’t bear

never truly accepted Margaret. He had fiercely opposed Teresa’s entry into the family

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

all alone in this… Why must you…”

“Enough!” Timothy snapped.

but it was the first

a ghost, Margaret got up, flustered, “I shouldn’t have come today. I’m sorry for ruining the

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