When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 45

I nearly jumped out of my skin when she caught me off guard.

It was only after that I touched my earlobe, finding the blood had already dried up, leaving behind some crusty red scabs..

Fiddling with it made my ear throb with pain again.

To think I’d bled without even realizing.

Christine slapped my hand away, “Seriously, who digs at themselves like that without feeling any pain?”

After saying that, she rummaged through her bag, pulled out an antiseptic swab, tied my hair up, and carefully disinfected the area, “How did you manage this?”

“Margaret did it.”

I briefly explained what had happened between Margaret and me.

Christine was livid, cursing under her breath, “What the heck, that woman’s nuts. Gotta crack up her brain to see what’s inside. Snatching whatever she fancies like a true bandit.”

“How come your disses are always so funny?”

Her rant somehow lifted the gloom that had settled on me for the day.

a friend like you, I’ve had to learn how to curse.”

ear. The iodine felt cold but not

doing? Just yeste was

this one,

glance, “You better turn the

“I’ve moved on.”

not

e hit th

on the

and nudged her towards the door, “Let’s call it a day. Aren’t you supposed

car? Where do you

was a hard driver during work hours, but rarely asked

good practice had continued, leaving the office

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shoulder, nonchalantly saying, “You decide,

craving that fish stew we used to have back

“Can you handle it?”

“Yes!”

card,” “I’ve been drooling over

let’s go for

agreed, then playfully threatened my belly, “When this little rascal comes out, just you

it’s a

be