When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 84

I was just trying to help when I pointed out the obvious, “If you don’t want your kid to be born out of wedlock, go find Bryant and make him speed up our divorce, got it? Don’t make a scene here. You wouldn’t want to miscarry and lose another bargaining chip for marrying into the Ferguson family.”

Then I told her assistant, “Show your boss out

Margaret was fuming but seemed to think I had a point because she left without further fuss.

And the direction I pointed her in? Spot on.

How did I know? Well, that afternoon, Bryant gave me a call.

“What did you say to upset her?” The call opened with an accusation.

I paused my work, “I didn’t say much, just told her to talk to you about the divorce.”

His tone dipped, “You didn’t tell her to go jump off a bridge?”

So, he was looking for something to pin on me.

I wasn’t surprised Margaret would spin it like this, my voice softened, “I was cornered, okay? She called me a home-wrecker, said I was cursed, claimed I clung to any man I could find, and even threatened to have someone beat me up.

Iving, was I?

Margaret’s previous words, well,

bit, which is more than I could say for her outright

his voice turning icy, “She said

“You know her,

been spoiled by my dad. Try not to stoop to

I smirked, “Sure.”

the epitome

and the next, he’s nobly asking me not

doesn’t he say that to

about this, she was so enraged she

beyond salvation, can’t find another pair like that in

you’re going to wear yourself out.

Chapter 84

handed her a glass of water, urging her to

serious, just a bout of food

pitiful if you ignored the milk and

perks, no matter

her stunning eyes, “Heartless, aren’t you? I’m just

even mad,

used to it