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.

made it feel like we were having an affair, and I

It felt

Bryant was trying to

create.

public at work so everyone knew who I was, as if he really cared

about to change my mind, he left me hanging, spending the night by Margaret’s

there was a child

am I to

mind,

make it before the doors close, go

had given me his answer. He

on the chat screen, reading that message over and over until my eyes

Even breathing felt painful.

experience being abandoned multiple times, each more profound than the

the message, I found myself

laughing at my

after time, but at his faintest

couldn’t blame

put it, a third of my

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

that’s longer than some

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

got up and applied some subtle

brown satin slip dress from