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

the Myers family still had a

didn’t reach his eyes, his tone

tens of thousands of people celebrating their birthdays today, and she was

His expression dimmed, responding absent–mindedly, then, out of politeness,

not that happy, though.” I finished. Seeing him fall into a rare silence, I couldn’t help but smile, “Just kidding. Want some cheesecake? It’s too big for me

softly

it. Gregory probably wasn’t in the mood to celebrate anyone’s birthday other than the

alone, but I found the lights were all

the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel. “You’re finally

heart warmed at her presence.

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 one. Why did you get

found it

the shower, Christine grinned,

“Must have