When Love Breaks by Jack

The playful tone in his voice was obvious.

Under the flickering shadows, Gregory leaned casually against a tree, his

cropped hair tousled across his forehead, the corners of his eyes curved

upwards, embodying a spirit of wild and carefree abandon.

It seemed lost on him how inappropriate it was to say such a thing to

someone he had met moments ago.

In the biting chill of the evening, I wondered what brought him out into the

yard.

I pocketed my phone, slightly on guard. “What brings you out here?”

“Don’t worry. I wasn’t following you.” Gregory spoke with a lazy drawl, “It was

too stuffy inside. I needed some fresh air. Little did I know RiverCity folks

were so open.”

said, “It’s just

Gregory seemed complicated.

too involved with.

my lips and decided to be upfront. “Could you keep

now?”

this situation to work out in my

Gregory spilled the beans.

readily and quickly changed the subject, “What’s in it

me?”

“In

straightforward. “I’m a man of interests.

little something in

the more likely it was for Margaret to notice

been eavesdropping on their

to leave, I asked, “What

He said, a smirk on his lips, “How about you owe

you know once

agreed without a second

tonight, we might not even see each other

could hold whom accountable?

at my thin black dress. “Aren’t you

guard, and I replied almost

things easier for me, sparing me the