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

was 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 heart would bloom

nually

would have thought that one day, all

didn’t remember how I left, but I was still in a daze when I returned to Riverview Estat Thankfully, morning sickness spared me any further

me the following morning. Other than Christine, no one knew

knew the

lazy weekend’s sleep, but the persistent ringing forced me out of

found Bryant’s imposing figure blocking the entrance, his eyes fixed

I asked, thinking our conversation the night before

to have dropped his façade. His expression

Chapter 33

“Come home with

order, his handsome

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

you say?” He feigned calm, unashamedly

a thing.”

sober enough last