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?”

to intervene, knowing that Christine had caught Bryant off guard, but she

into his suit jacket and 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 barely concealing

it?” Christine leaned over, her

a pair of ruby earrings.

unpar color and clarity, had fetched a staggering price, bought by a mysterious bidder. I

them?” Bryant asked, his

they were within my comfort zone. These earrings, however, were beyond my wildest expectations. The thought of accepting such a lavish gift from Bryant, especially when we were on the verge of divorcing,

offering Bryant a sincere

as Christine’s

her glass, she toasted Bryant and then proceeded to down several

the party, as I was getting ready for bed, Christine, a bit tipsy, made a point. “You were being silly not accepting it.

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you

worth a fortune,”

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