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.

can go.” I

or a beckoning from them,

nually

thought that one day, all you’d think about was

Estat Thankfully, morning sickness spared

doorbell woke me the following morning. Other than

herself in. She knew the code. It was probably just someone confused about

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

the entrance, his eyes fixed on me. “Are you thinking

else?” I asked, thinking our conversation the night before had been

mentioning divorce, Bryant seemed to have dropped his façade. His

Chapter 33

home

his handsome

buying it anymore. “Don’t you

you say?” He feigned calm, unashamedly claiming,

a thing.”

were sober enough last night.” I scrutinized