When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 38

Otherwise, the Ferguson Group wouldn’t have ended up directly in Bryant’s hands.

“How about you? How have you been?” I lifted my gaze, looking up at the sharp lines of his jaw, and asked hesitantly.

“These three

years since we got married,” he managed a slight smile, sighed softly, and said, “it’s been good.”

That answer made me want to cry even more.

It was regret, wasn’t it? After all, if it hadn’t been for all those issues, we could have grown old together.

On our way back, we both remained silent, an unspoken agreement between us. Some things are better left unsaid.

He couldn’t truly change what was happening, and I couldn’t just live with it.

Better to let go now, while we could still look at each other without disdain.

Autumn days are short and the nights-long. Through the car window, the setting sun cast a golden glow over his figure.

we arrived at Riverview Estate, he spoke

and we went up together. Standing at the door, I

“Okay.”

slightly, yet he

b

Christine’s radiant face. “You’re back I heard some noise at the door and thought it

seemed to ease Bryant

I joked, “So you expected me to come back hungry,

I might not be a cook, but Mark makes

glanced at Bryant, raising her voice towards the kitchen, “Right,

then, “Mark’s

I just called Steven and Mark, didn’t bother with the others you’re not

Chapter 38

when I noticed new decorations and trinkets around the place.

as I suddenly felt a genuine sense of belonging

in Bryant’s expression, from sunny to a cold dreariness,

you’re back?” Steven, who had been helping Mark in the kitchen, came running qut, his playful smile fading into guilt upon seeing Bryant at

e door.

one hand in his pocket, looked at him with

“Ahem…”

to explain, “Bryant,