When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Then the

both gave me their gifts.

Mark handed me a beautifully wrapped gift box with a warm smile, saying, “Hope you like it.”

“Thanks, Mark,” I responded with a grin, genuinely touched by the gesture.

My surprise was evident when I discovered a dress of such unique design inside. “Did you design this yourself?”

“Yeah, it’s one of a kind,” he replied with a proud chuckle.

“Mark, you’re so thoughtful!” Christine complimented, before playfully challenging Bryant, “Mr. Ferguson, since you’re here for the housewarming party, I assume you’ve brought a gift as well?”

had caught Bryant off guard, but she

presented me with a small velvet box. “I hadn’t found the right moment to give this to you- until now,” he said, his voice

Christine leaned over, her

I was stunned to find a pair of ruby earrings. “You were the one who

had fetched a staggering price, bought by a mysterious bidder. I admired

you like them?” Bryant asked, his

Christine were generous, they were within my comfort zone. These earrings, however, were beyond my wildest expectations. The thought of accepting

Christine intervened before I could refuse, offering Bryant a

my drink, coughing as Christine’s words took me by

up her glass, she toasted Bryant and then proceeded to

getting ready for bed, Christine, a bit tipsy, made a point. “You

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whatever you

apartment itself is worth a fortune,” I laughed off her

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