When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 33

The fabric between us was thin, yet the skin around my waist felt like it was on fire.

I froze as if possessed by a ghost, but thankfully, my mind was crystal clear. “We laid it all out, Bryant. I can’t be in a marriage with a third person involved.”

“I’m sorry,” he murmured, his forehead pressed against my back, his voice muffled.

Did I feel a twinge of sympathy? Of course.

It’s not easy to erase years of affection overnight. I wanted to relent, to give Bryant. another chance. But then, the recent events screamed in my memory, demanding attention. The choice was between him and me.

I sighed. “Bryant, you realize your mistakes, but then you repeat them. It’s meaningless.”

This time, I chose to put myself first.

After seven years of choosing him, it was enough.

Bryant was silent for a long while, unable to respond.

go, Bryant. Here’s so far we can go.” I never imagined I could

like throwing yourself into a grand solo sacrifice. Just one look or a beckoning from them, you’d ecstatically run back, floating on air for days. Your

nually

that one day, all you’d think

remember how I left, but I was still in a daze when I returned to Riverview Estat Thankfully, morning sickness spared me any further turmoil. I fell asleep

following morning. Other than

just let herself in. She knew the code. It was probably

it, hoping to enjoy a lazy weekend’s sleep, but the persistent

Bryant’s imposing figure blocking the entrance, his eyes fixed on me. “Are you thinking about settling down here for good?” he

thinking our conversation the

to have dropped his façade. His expression

Chapter 33

“Come home

order, his handsome features exuding an

that I wasn’t buying it anymore. “Don’t you remember what

say?” He feigned calm, unashamedly claiming,

a thing.”

were sober enough last