When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 41

The thought struck me as both absurd and hilarious.

I

I had been left alone on my wedding night, celebrated birthdays without my husband by

y side, watched as the

gifts I yearned for were given to someone else. And on the day of our baby’s check-up, he chose to accompany another. Now, as we neared the end of our marriage, he couldn’t stand me having a housewarming party with friends?

I couldn’t help but smirk, lowering my eyes to meet his. “If you won’t leave, I’m calling Margaret.”

I knew once Margaret showed up, he’d be swamped.

Suddenly, Bryant pulled me close, resting his forehead against my chest, his voice raspy. ‘Jane, I really never wanted things to end up like this.”

His words almost made me waver.

But then, as if on cue, his phone rang on the dining table, flashing ‘Margaret’ on the

screen.

It was like a bucket of cold water had been dumped over me, snapping me back to reality t pushed him away, “Your phone’s ringing.”

Mark emerged

everything’s pretty much cleaned up. I’ll take

I walk you out.”

answering the phone on the balcony, fighting the irri bbubbling

Christine into bed, I went to help Mark with

let me exert

tinged with concern Jane,

he was referring

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Chapter 41

and after

before the elevator doors opened, he softly asked, “So, you

down, nodding, “Yeah, we

carefully, don’t

“I won’t regret it.”

sincere in my

decision to divorce, I’d often asked myself

was always

then nodded, “That’s

opened and we walked towards the parking lot, I pondered before asking,

in the past, I didn’t recall us ever eating out together