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.

feel like we were having

It felt like an invisible hand was clutching my heart, making it

what Bryant was trying to achieve, what situation

create.

showering me with attention, even making our relationship public at work so everyone knew

change my mind, he left me hanging, spending

now… there was

I

surfaced in my mind, my phone lit up

make it before the

had given me his answer. He chose

the chat screen, reading that message over and over

Even breathing felt painful.

let me experience being abandoned multiple times, each more

message, I found

laughing at my own

at his faintest call,

couldn’t

of my life was spent

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

than some

in thought for a while, until it

up and applied

light brown satin slip dress