When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 81

Bryant’s eyes narrowed slightly, an air of nonchalance in his gaze as he looked at me, a smirk playing on his lips. “Why don’t you give it a try?”

It was his usual smile, yet I felt a shiver run down my spine, as if daring me would result in my neck being snapped in the next moment.

“Give it a try? Fine, I’ll take your dare,” I said, driven by a stubborn refusal to be seen as weak.

His expression turned icy, a scornful laugh about to escape his lips when suddenly, his phone rang.

Margaret’s name popped into my head instantly. You’ve got to hand it to women’s intuition.

And indeed, it was Margaret.

Pinching the bridge of his nose, Bryant didn’t answer, allowing the ringtone to blare incessantly. He could ignore it in a hundred different ways if he wanted to, so clearly, he chose not to.

“Bry, where have you wandered off to? I’m craving strawberry shortcake, and the baby wants it too. Hurry up and bring some home!”

The car’s confined space, coupled with its soundproof interior, made Margaret’s sweet voice all too clear to my ears.

I swear, I wasn’t eavesdropping on purpose.

the roadside, leaving me with just a profile view of his

to concern myself with their drama, and started fiddling

it to

had always been a roller coaster, a constant push and pull that seemed hostile but oddly codependent. From the outside, they couldn’t stand each other, but in reality,

a couple of minutes, before he opened

conflicted, but his eyes

“Leaving already?”

smirk cynically, realizing I had indeed become the other

Chapter 81

mistress in their relationship.

from Margaret, and my husband couldn’t wait to rush

much more the wife than

have Kevin

need. I can get back

days because now, I felt nothing. Calmly, I got out of the

turned

“Jane.” Bryant called out.

didn’t stop or even slow down, in fact, I quickened my

a few long

to keep my

were a thin line of determination. Give me some time.