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

sense in my words, puzzled. “Yeah, you’re right. If Albert’s daughter, he wouldn’t just sit back and watch Bryant get involved with

Christine suddenly said, “No, something’s still

I poked her forehead playfully and handed her a bag of tomato-flavored chips. “Here,

case, next month would come soon enough. Once I got the divorce papers, Bryar and I would be worlds apart, let alone Albert and Margaret. It wouldn’t matter

food, with Christine and me arriving first. When Mark showed up alone, Christine glanced at him and twitched

saw through the awkwardness and asked,

used to tag along wherever Christine

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

went on a blind date.

marriage.

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

with Steven was doomed

much like mine with

would never have dreamed

Mark, I didn’t

brought up a new topic.

first place, but you’ve resigned.