When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 13

Bryant seemed stunned but remained silent.

I asked in a hushed tone, “What about our wedding night? Why did you leave?”

I vaguely remembered I sat on the balcony waiting all night that night. It was our wedding night, and he left his newlywed wife at home, carelessly heading out. I thought something serious had happened, worried about his safety while also fretting if I had somehow displeased him. At the same time, I was eagerly hoping for his early return.

I was only twenty-three then, having somehow married the man I had secretly adored for years. How could I not have expectations for our marriage and him?

Then, I finally learned that while I was eagerly waiting for him to come home, he was with another woman. It all felt like a cruel joke.

Bryant didn’t hide it anymore, his voice cold and steady. “That night, she had gone drag racing and got into a mishap. The police called me to pick her up.”

What a coincidence.

On the very day of our wedding, Margaret had an accident, and it was in the dead of night. But I remembered, just several days after the wedding, at the family dinner, she was there, without a scratch on her.

I rolled down the car window, silent for a while, and said calmly, “Bryant, if she’s the one you’ve got feelings for, we can go our separate ways on good terms.”

side of the road, his gaze

to see him anything other than cool

thought…” Buzz. The vibration of a text message interrupted

flashing across his face, and he said without hesitation, “She’s in trouble

I glanced at him through the streetlight. The person I

opened the car door and stepped

mind. But I’d loved Bryant for so many years. It wasn’t going to be easy to just let it

me back. It was the fear that I might look back and feel

Chapter 13

day.

bustling traffic and the flashing neon lights, feeling a

“What’s

personality.

out of the blue, her voice as vibrant and bright as

and wrapped my

“Just wandering,” I said.

has the time and inclination

cut her

you?” Christine’s temper flared instantly. She could be indiscriminately combative when it