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.

share this trait. They could mess around all they wanted, but they’d never allow even a hint of infidelity from their wives, even if such a hint was nothing

gentle even in his drunken state. “Mark, are you okay? I brought

eyes were hazy from the alcohol.

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

and despite our attempts to intervene, he drank

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

“Yeah,” I said.

myself against the smell of alcohol and gently tapped his face. “Bryant, wake up.

broke into a

spoke, he enveloped my hand in his. His palm was

louder, clearly amused. See, Jane? Good thing

Chapter 31

Margaret. She’d be furious.”

Mark, sitting in the corner,

Bryant’s drunken strength was surprisingly formidable,

we got Bryant into the car before Steven turned to assist a

I did was roll down the windows. I used to be indifferent to the

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