When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 178

The car rolled to a graceful stop before a grand estate, its façade imposing and majestic. Quick on his feet, the driver stepped out to open our doors.

Kathy, her posture ramrod straight, a testament to her upbringing, led the way in black kitten heels, guiding me through the main entrance. “Ms. Webster, I’ve invited you here today for a favor.“}]

I asked, “What kind of favor?”

“You’ll see soon enough.” Her words piqued my curiosity, though I’ve never been one to pry too deeply.

But as we meandered through the garden, and I glimpsed through the glass of the scene unfolding in the family’s private chapel, I was stunned. Mark was on his knees, his back a canvas of brutal wounds, yet his expression bore no trace of pain or rage, only an unsettling calm, like the still surface of a dormant pond.}

The irate matriarch, standing over him, lashed out again, her voice seething, “Mark, don’t think for a second I can’t deal with you! If you die, I’ll adopt another heir to continue the Larson family!“}

deference and disdain, not moving an inch, enduring the pain

step forward when Kathy held me back, leaving me to inquire awkwardly, “Is…

telling me his mother had passed

with a calm that mirrored Mark’s, her voice soft, “He’s shunned the Larson family’s influence for years, only to tap into it last

I was utterly

since being kidnapped the night

profile in RiverCity for years, steering clear of the

were cryptic, yet

been content with our quiet life, and

marriage?” I

would make any woman happy as his wife. But I

rich family. But he doesn’t want it, as you might have