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.

arrived at Riverview Estate,

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

“Okay.”

nodded slightly, yet he didn’t

b

my code, when the door was pulled open from the inside, revealing Christine’s radiant face.

my apartment seemed to

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

not! I might not be a cook, but Mark makes delicious

glanced at Bryant, raising her voice towards the

realized then, “Mark’s here

right? I thought to invite a few friends over. I just called

Chapter 38

noticed new decorations and trinkets around the place.

spread through me, as I suddenly felt a genuine sense

completely missed the clear shift in Bryant’s expression, from sunny to a cold dreariness,

came running qut, his playful smile fading into

e door.

in his pocket, looked at him with a half-smile, “You seem

“Ahem…”

to explain, “Bryant,