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 even a

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

eyes were hazy from the alcohol.

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.

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

before I could process it all, he handed me the car

“Yeah,” I said.

against the smell of alcohol and gently tapped his face.

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

he enveloped my hand in his. His palm

clearly amused. See, Jane? Good thing I

Chapter 31

Margaret. She’d be furious.”

in the corner, remained silent

Bryant’s drunken strength was surprisingly formidable, and he

into the car before Steven turned to assist

in the driver’s seat, the first thing I did was roll down the windows. I used to be indifferent to

on top of the day’s frustrations, I found myself aggressively alternating