When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 52

“Is that all?” I asked, pushing for more.

“Yeah, that’s all.”

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I raised an eyebrow, “You don’t like him at all?”

“A little, I guess.”

After Christine replied, she suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh, “But what’s the use of liking someone? My mom used to say she married my dad because they were madly in love.”

“But that didn’t stop them from throwing dishes at each other when they fought. Is there anything like true and lasting love in the world?

I knew, deep down, she didn’t believe in love, not even familial love.

After her father’s business went belly up, he turned to drinking, gambling, and started to lash out, hitting both his wife and Christine.

Her mom just disappeared one day, leaving her to grow up with that excuse of a father, taking beatings more times than she could count.

with a grin, “But why have

been

eyes, “Who was it that was crying their eyes out on the rooftop in the dead of winter, snot and tears

me touch my

her and panicked, rushing over to pull her back from what I thought was

out, thinking I was trying to kill her

head, not jump off, but I almost gave

that incident turned us from

out a small laugh and casually threw a bag into my lap, “Have breakfast. Got you some bagels and yogurt, take the rest to the office, snack on them if

do love

cursed playfully, “I clearly only

bother me, which

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at Ferguson Group was actually pretty smooth when I could

work that evening, I

night to get her a new car, painted exactly like mine, and parked

commented on how close you have to be to someone

felt like a fishbone stuck in

his lover give me a hard time, then showed up at my