When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 157

A stock clerk pushing a cart interrupted us, “Excuse me, coming through.”

1 tugged Christine back and asked, “What were you saying?”

“Do you think Margaret could be Albert’s biological daughter?” Christine’s eyes sparkled with the thrill of gossip.

I frowned. “That seems a bit far-fetched. Margaret’s even older than Bryant by two years.”

Even if it were an affair, it wouldn’t have started that early, right?

“Why not?” Christine dismissed my doubt with a wave, excitedly diving into high society scandals. “You know how messy these rich people can get. Marrying one, keeping a few mistresses on the side, isn’t that business as usual?”

“But still…” I hesitated, “If Margaret was Albert’s flesh and blood, and considering how much Timothy despised Margaret, why didn’t Albert tell Timothy?”

That way, Timothy would have been kinder to his granddaughter.

at were

you’re right. If Albert’s daughter, he wouldn’t just sit back and watch Bryant get involved with Margaret. That’s

nodded, not wanting to delve deeper, but Christine suddenly said, “No, something’s still off.

dwell on it. It’s none of our business, anyway.” I poked her forehead playfully and handed her

and Margaret. It wouldn’t matter if they we father and daughter or, just as Christine had bluntly put

a cozy restaurant known for its local comfort food, with Christine and me arriving first. When Mark showed up alone, Christine glanced at him and twitched her

through the awkwardness and asked,

to tag along

relationship between Steven and Christine, Mark hesitated before saying, “He was caught up with

on a blind date. His family is pushing

marriage.

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momentarily stunned, feeling a sense of inevitable anger, though not completely surprised. I didn’t expect it to happen

with Steven was

much like mine with

would never have dreamed of marrying into a family like the

of Mark, I didn’t

a new topic. “Jane, you represented the Ferguson

design contest and won first place, but you’ve resigned. What about