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.

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

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

hazy

sparkling like a kid waiting for candy, I placed the pill in his

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

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

“Yeah,” I said.

the smell of alcohol and gently

a dazed smile upon seeing it was me.

my hand in his. His palm was

See, Jane?

Chapter 31

Margaret. She’d be furious.”

the

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

help, we got Bryant into the car before Steven

roll down the windows. I used to be indifferent to

were empty at this hour. Woken up in the middle of the night, on top of the day’s frustrations, I found myself aggressively