When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 85

By the time I walked her home, the night had already cloaked the sky in its inky embrace.

Worried that she might not take good care of herself these next few days, I decided to stay over at her place.

The next morning, over breakfast, Christine kept sneaking glances at me.

I couldn’t help but laugh. “What’s up?”

She hemmed and hawed, then straightened up, “Uh, about that night Bryant got, um, drugged, your phone suddenly died, and I never got the chance to ask you.”

Confused, I asked, “Ask what?”

Leaning in, she flashed a mischievous smile, “Did you guys, you know, do it? With that kind of drug, it must have been quite the experience, huh?”

I was halfway through my pancakes when her question caught me off-guard, causing me to choke. I knew of her tendency to drop bombshells, but it still took me by surprise every

time.

Coughing, I tried to regain my composure, “No, we didn’t have sex.”

a napkin,

first trimester

the

that night made my cheeks

if you really wanted to, there

an inexplicable

it? Don’t tell me

then her gaze dropped to my hand, teasing, “Or did you, you know,

she lowered her voice, imbuing her words with a

“Christine!”

vall

her mouth “What are

shed figured it all out, “Come on, is it

“Just eat your breakfast!”

“That’s a yes, then!”

you keep

mouth, and she managed to suppress her laughter, “Okay, okay,

she suddenly said, “You know, now that I

“What?”

random woman, he came back home to you for… assistance. That means the

her statement was too much