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.

they’d never allow even

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

were hazy from the

eyes sparkling like a kid waiting for candy, I placed the pill in his palm and handed him a

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

could process it all, he handed me the car

“Yeah,” I said.

smell of alcohol and gently tapped his

and broke into a dazed smile upon

hand in his. His palm

clearly amused. See, Jane? Good thing I didn’t

Chapter 31

Margaret. She’d be furious.”

sitting in the corner,

withdraw my hand, but Bryant’s drunken strength was surprisingly formidable,

the car before Steven turned to assist a similarly inebriated

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

in the middle of the night, on top of