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

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

delve deeper, but Christine suddenly said, “No, something’s still off. It doesn’t

not dwell on it. It’s none of our business, anyway.” I poked her forehead playfully and handed her a bag of tomato-flavored chips.

Margaret. It wouldn’t matter if they we

comfort food, with Christine and me arriving first. When Mark showed up

saw through the awkwardness and asked, “Mark, Steven didn’t

used to tag

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

knew better. “He went on a blind date. His family is pushing for

marriage.

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

was doomed from

much like mine with

have dreamed of marrying into a family

Mark, I didn’t

up a new topic. “Jane, you represented the

and won first place, but you’ve resigned.