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.

allow

an apologetic glance at Mark, who looked refined and gentle even in his drunken state. “Mark,

eyes were hazy from the

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

me,” he lamented. “Bryant wouldn’t stop pouring, and despite our attempts to intervene, he drank

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

“Yeah,” I said.

smell of alcohol and gently tapped his face. “Bryant, wake up. It’s time

annoyance and broke into a dazed smile upon

my hand in his. His palm was

louder, clearly amused. See, Jane?

Chapter 31

Margaret. She’d be furious.”

in the corner,

hand, but Bryant’s drunken strength was surprisingly formidable, and he wouldn’t budge. So, I let it

help, we got Bryant into the car before Steven turned to

I did was roll down the windows. I used to be indifferent to the smell of alcohol, but tonight, it

middle of the night, on top