When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 76

“Are you at home?”

His voice echoed as if he was in a vast, empty space, carrying a tone of exhaustion.

I got up and walked to the balcony, stretching my neck as I moved. Ignoring the ache, I casually asked, “Yeah, what about you? Still caught

o with works,

It was to be expected, after all, Margaret had lost so much blood.

How could he possibly be at ease?

“Almost done here.”

Something seemed to lighten his mood, his voice gaining a hint of warmth, “The tickets. are on the hallway table, don’t forget to grab them on your way out.”

Even though I had anticipated it, hearing him confirm it still stung a bit, “You’re not coming?”

“Where did that come from? I’ll meet you at the stadium entrance…”

He chuckled, but his words were suddenly cut off by a fragile yet breaking question, “Bry, who are you talking to? Didn’t you promise me…

Her words ended abruptly, not because Bryant stopped her, but because the call had been disconnected.

like we were having an affair, and I was

surge of bitterness overwhelmed me. It felt like an invisible hand was clutching my heart, making

Bryant was trying to achieve,

create.

in with me, showering me with attention, even making our relationship public at work so everyone knew who I was,

when I was about to change my mind, he left

there was a

am I to you,

surfaced in my mind, my phone lit up with a

it before the doors close, go ahead without

me his answer. He

chat screen, reading that message over and over until my

Even breathing felt painful.

me experience being abandoned multiple times,

at the message, I found

at

hurt time after time, but at his faintest call, I’d still sprint back to

I couldn’t

put it, a third of my life was spent

cautious secret crush to an anxious love fulfilled, I had tasted

years, that’s longer than

up on the couch, lost in thought for a while, until

up and applied some subtle

satin slip dress from the