When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 244

I wasn’t surprised when he asked that question. I nodded, “Yeah”

Gregory glanced at the cheesecake in my hands, and his gaze lifted to meet mine, a scrutinizing look in his eyes. “Did you grow up in RiverCity?”

I paused and realized he was still looking for his long–lost fiancée. Anyone with the slightest resemblance or connection would want to dig deeper.

I admired his two–decade–long search, so my reply was patient and detalled. “No, I grew up in Southhoven, quite far from RiverCity and

Vista Town”

“Is that so?” He murmured almost imperceptibly, the light in his eyes fading slightly. Yet his gaze remained on me as if he wished to see through me to someone else.

I chuckled lightly. “Looking for a stand–in for your fiancée like the Myers family found a replacement daughter?”

over time. After so many years,

Myers family still had

words, but it didn’t reach his eyes, his tone casual, “It’s just

of people celebrating their birthdays today, and she was so young when she went

absent–mindedly,

a rare silence, I couldn’t help

He declined softly and turned to head

much of it. Gregory probably wasn’t in the mood to celebrate anyone’s birthday other than the missing Ms. Myers‘

cake alone, but I found the lights were all on at

hair with a towel. “You’re finally back! I

heart warmed at her presence.

you spent your last few birthdays with that jerk, and I was absent. Now that you’re finally single, I couldn’t miss it for the world.” She wrapped a towel around her hair and glanced at the cheesecake. “I already bought

found it

must have missed it in the shower, Christine grinned, curious,

sure. “Must