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.

wanted, but they’d never allow

looked refined and gentle even in his drunken state. “Mark, are you okay? I

eyes were hazy from

cheeks flushed and eyes sparkling like a kid waiting for candy, I placed the pill in his palm and handed him a glas

pouring, and despite our attempts to intervene, he drank everything handed

and before I could process it all, he

“Yeah,” I said.

alcohol and gently tapped

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

enveloped my hand in

laughter grew louder, clearly amused. See, Jane?

Chapter 31

Margaret. She’d be furious.”

the

strength was surprisingly formidable, and he

Bryant into the car before Steven turned to assist a

the first thing I did was roll down the windows. I used

in the middle of the night, on