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.

Ferguson, lit up seeing Margaret. “Bryant, I heard Margaret’s working at the company now. You better look after her. That’s only right

hear that, focusing on my

glanced at me and said softly,

too should help Bryant to ensure

seemed like Albert brought it up again out of concern that someone at the company might

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

shifted the mood at

not happy, I can step down from my position anytime,” Margaret said, the picture of grace and

to her, I might have seemned

his words sharp. “Step

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to it only

“Grandpa…”

can’t bear

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

because of that, the Ferguson family’s fortune had been out of Albert’s reach, with only a modest allowance to

all alone in this… Why must you…”

“Enough!” Timothy snapped.

knew Timothy wasn’t fond of Margaret, but it was the

shouldn’t have come

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