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.

so far we can go.” I never imagined I could say such cold

a beckoning from them, you’d ecstatically run back, floating on air for days. Your heart would bloom with

nually

have thought that one day, all you’d

daze when I returned to Riverview Estat Thankfully, morning sickness spared me any further

doorbell woke me the following morning. Other

let herself in. She knew the code.

lazy weekend’s sleep, but the persistent

the entrance, his eyes fixed

asked, thinking our conversation

to have dropped his façade. His

Chapter 33

“Come home

handsome

anymore. “Don’t you

you say?” He feigned calm, unashamedly

a thing.”

enough last night.”