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 at the company now. You better

to hear

me and

you too should help Bryant to ensure Margaret feels

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

is my boss now. If anything, I need

remark shifted the mood

can step down

to her, I might have seemned a bit too

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

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you’re entitled to

“Grandpa…”

can’t bear it.” Timothy stopped

heard others say that Timothy never truly accepted Margaret. He had

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

Dad, she’s all alone in this… Why must you…” Albert

“Enough!” Timothy snapped.

it was the first time I’d

flustered, “I shouldn’t have come

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