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.”

me a napkin,

not. I’m in the first trimester of my pregnancy, how could

cleaned my mouth, tossing the question back at her

of that night

if you really wanted to, there

an inexplicable

how did he get over it? Don’t tell

herself, then her gaze dropped to my hand, teasing, “Or

us, she lowered her voice, imbuing her

“Christine!”

vall

to cover her mouth “What are you even saying? Have

laughter, looking at me as if shed figured

“Just eat your breakfast!”

“That’s a yes, then!”

you keep quiet even

piece of toast into her mouth, and she managed to suppress her

know, now that I think

“What?”

than hooking up with some random woman, he came back home to you for… assistance. That means the baby can’t be his. He wouldn’t even touch

part of her statement was too much for me,