When Love Breaks by Jack

I froze, finding Bryant both pitiful and detestable.

I couldn’t tell if his emotions were genuine or just for show. And I didn’t want to

bother figuring it out. After all, it wouldn’t be long before Bryant and I had

nothing to do with each other.

I sniffled, forcibly waking Bryant up. “Take your medicine before you go back

to sleep.”

Knowing it was me, he didn’t resist when I brought the medicine to his lips.

Instead, he cooperated and obediently fell back asleep.

His fever was scorching, not something that would subside soon.

I asked Gary for some burn ointment and applied it to the burns on the inside

return to my room until his

health and youth,

report that

a servant delivered

to accompany him to

gala?” I

…

since it was kept a secret, he had never

events outside of Ferguson

alone.

nodded. “Yes, it’s Gladys Larson’s 80th birthday

suddenly understood his intention of presenting

of the Larson family, cutting off any

marrying Mark.

more reasonable when

“Where

Gary could finish, I had stormed off, pushing

are you out of your mind?