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?”

took over the Ferguson Group. Facing resistance at every turn, he’d often skip meals to settle shareholder disputes and manage his team, not to mention the endless social drinking on an empty

looked into

dal

asked. “In

used to panic seeing me

paused before replying, “Back

for any home remedy I could find, brewing stomach–soothing broths daily. I’d avoid flaunting our

arm, pulling

embrace, his familiar scent overwhelming me. The warmth of his body

inclined to ask, shouldn’t you be heading home after

go on like

myself inwardly, Jane, don’t fall

visibly fell,

the medicine and turned to leave

before I entered, his voice tightened,

is all yours.” After saying that, I went straight to my

it’d somehow be my fault. It was too late to ask Kevin to pick him

It wasn’t because I was soft hearted. As I drifted