When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 277

We were on the cusp of securing that office space, just waiting for the investment from RF to come through.

Mark seemed taken aback when he heard I’d managed to rent an office despite the Myers family’s decree banning me from doing so in RiverCity. “You found one?”

“Yeah,” I nodded. “Seems like the landlord’s based overseas. Probably doesn’t care much about the Myers family. After all, out of sight, out of mind.”

“That’s a relief.”

Mark carefully dabbed antiseptic on my wounds, his voice full of worry, “This must hurt, right?”

“It’s bearable.”

I gritted through the pain, reminding myself over and over: No more being soft–hearted from now on.

This world has always been about the survival of the fittest, no good deed goes unpunished..

The next morning, Christine showed up at my place bright and early.

She burst through the door, surprised to find me already up. “Weren’t you injured? Why not rest a bit more?”

I set aside the fashion magazine, I was flipping through. “Did Mark tell you?”

texted

the dining table, annoyed with herself, “Sorry, I went out drinking last

I’m not in bad

me be the

my shirt to inspect the damage from head to toe, her eyes reddening with anger, “And you call this ‘not in bad shape‘? What would you

and ruffled her hair, “Chris, she’s not leaving RiverCity anytime soon. Our journey in setting up

Christine didn’t even hear the

that do? Beat her up and then

should I do then?! Just let you suffer

always ready to throw down, “I’ll go down with her,

won’t be

promise I’d

then did she calm down a bit,

assured her, then asked, “Did you

afraid of dragging

she brushed off the concern, “Would you give up on Janedream because of Dorothy, a piece of trash? If not, then I’m with you

way.”

for a

way, we’d just have to play

We were almost ready to get the company off the ground, just waiting on RF’s funding to

Christine let go of her

my nap, Christine looked even more troubled than when she had seen my injuries in the

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