When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 31

Glancing at the clock, it was already past 2 AM. Wasn’t Bryant supposed to have left work with Ma

Margaret? Instead, he ended up grabbing drinks with Steven, and from what Steven implied, Margaret wasn’t there..

y out of

Calling Steven again only led to the realization his phone was dead, probably battery.

Left with no choice, I changed and hailed a cab to their usual hangout spot, a private club they often frequented.

By the time I arrived, the crowd had mostly dispersed. Only Steven and Mark remained in the private room alongside Bryant, sprawled on a couch, dressed in a designer suit, his long legs crossed, deep in slumber.

Seeing me, Steven gave me a helpless look. “Jane, I don’t know what got into Bryant today. He kept egging Mark on to drink, and we couldn’t make him stop.”

I had a hunch about what might have triggered it. Bryant was still stubbornly convinced that there was something between Mark and me.

they wanted, but they’d never allow even a hint of infidelity

even in his drunken state. “Mark, are you

were hazy from the alcohol.

of sobriety and looked up at me, his cheeks flushed and eyes sparkling like a kid waiting for candy, I placed the pill in his palm and handed him a glas of water. “I’m so sorry you had

wouldn’t stop pouring, and despite our attempts to intervene, he drank everything handed

could process it all, he handed me the car keys. “You can

“Yeah,” I said.

the smell of alcohol and gently

and broke into a dazed smile upon seeing it was me.

spoke, he enveloped my hand in his.

clearly amused. See,

Chapter 31

Margaret. She’d be furious.”

in the

was surprisingly formidable, and he wouldn’t

car before Steven turned

seat, the first thing I did was roll down the windows. I used to be indifferent to the smell of alcohol, but tonight, it was making me

night, on top of the day’s frustrations, I