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.

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 but baseless

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

were hazy from

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 everything handed

all, he

“Yeah,” I said.

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

in annoyance and broke into a dazed smile upon seeing it was

hand in his. His

See, Jane? Good

Chapter 31

Margaret. She’d be furious.”

Mark, sitting in the

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

we got Bryant into the car before Steven

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

on top of the day’s frustrations,