When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 253

He liked it, so naturally, I loved it, too. How could it feel forced?

Bryant’s deep eyes sparkled intensely. Tm pot unwilling, either Come on, eat up

My heart ached for him. “You know your stomach has been acting up.”

“You’ve been putting up with it for three years. Can’t I handle it just this once? You’re underestimating me.” He said earnestly

I lowered my peze. “Fine, if you insist”

After dinner, he offered to do the dishes, leaving me guilt–free to continue my work.

It was different with Mark. If Mark did the dishes, I’d feel a twinge of quilt since we were just friends. But with Bryant, I’d taken care of him for three years. His cooking and doing the dishes didn’t seem too much to ask.

“Got any painkillers?” I was deep into planning the style for our company’s first batch of new products when Bryant, rubbing his stomach, made his way to the couch beside me.

I almost chuckled, getting the pills and placing them before him. “So much for not underestimating you, huh?”

the Ferguson Group. Facing resistance at every turn, he’d often skip meals to settle shareholder disputes and manage

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used to panic seeing

before replying, “Back then, love

broths daily. I’d avoid flaunting our relationship before the board, waiting

he grabbed my arm, pulling me close.

fell into his embrace, his familiar scent overwhelming me. The warmth of his body seared my skin,

ask, shouldn’t you be heading home after your medicine? It’s

couldn’t go

myself inwardly, Jane, don’t fall for

expression visibly fell, and he

I pointed to the medicine

I entered, his voice tightened, “Can I, maybe not

is all yours.” After saying that, I went

if something happened, it’d somehow be my fault. It was too late to ask Kevin to pick

wasn’t because I was soft hearted. As I drifted off to sleep, the thought