When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 254

The silence in the room was so profound that we could hear a pin drop.

Bryant’s eyes, fixed on me unblinkingly, tumultuous with emotions he couldn’t seem to dissolve. The indifferent demeanor he usually carried seemed to be faltering. The air grew thick and tight.

After what felt like an etemity, he finally rose slowly, meticulously folding a throw blanket before grabbing his coat from the armchair and draping it over his arm, his voice low, “Sorry for the intrusion last night. I should head out.”

I was fiddling with my fingers unconsciously before asking again, “The divorce papers?*

“We’ll talk about it later” Bryant avoided my gaze, his long lashes slightly lowered, masking his feelings. “You heard Kevin call. I need to rush back for a meeting.”

With those words, he didn’t give me a chance to respond, striding away with his long legs as if afraid I’d say something to make him stay.

down at the floor, a bitter smile tugging at my lips as I faintly heard the elevator arrive outside. My phone suddenly rang, pulling me

just contacted me, saying the landlady is in RiverCity today

my clothes into the washing machine, “Did you

I’ll pick you up on my

applied light makeup before heading downstairs, where Christine’s Audi was already

waiting in the lobby. “Ms. Webster, Ms. Jackson, please hold on. The landlady will be here soon, Shall we wait for

and I had no

shortly after, but I was surprised to see it was Dorothy’s

barely registered surprise upon seeing me, her

responded, trying to

for Susan to bluntly interrupt, “No need. I know

felt like a slap across my face,

airs but then

of a conference room, her