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?”

But passion died over time. After so many

wondered whether the Myers family still had a place for her

smile widened at my words, but it didn’t reach his eyes, his tone casual,

and she was so young when she

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

him fall into a rare silence, I

He declined softly and

wasn’t in the mood

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

emerged from the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel.

her presence. “How

you’re finally single, I couldn’t miss it for the world.” She wrapped a towel around her hair and glanced at the cheesecake.

wasn’t me. I found it on the doorstep.

in the

sure. “Must have