When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 280

Mark reached out, gently ruffling my hair as he spoke in a calm, measured tone.

“The girl I wanted to ask to that concert… was you. The one I’ve been waiting to divorce… also you. And the one I’ve loved for twenty- years… yes, you.”

His voice carried a quiet confidence, his amber eyes shining with unwavering certainty, “Jane, it’s always been you, nobody else.”

It felt like my heart was being pulled out of my chest. Suddenly, I was flustered, at a loss for words.

Tumed out, when faced with someone who genuinely cared for and loved me, my first instinct was to feel unworthy.

Mixed emotions swirled within me, and I instinctively wanted to deny it, “How could it be me? You’ve known her for so many years, and we’ve only…”

“Do you remember me telling you about moving back with the Larsons when I was eight?” Mark patiently explained, lifting his wrist to show me a bracelet, “Before I was taken back by the Larsons, I was in Southhaven. This bracelet, does it ring a bell?”

“No…” I shook my head in confusion.

in with my aunt were fragmented, consisting only of bits

having to put up with Allen’s mood swings just to feed me, would never have taken me to

medical advice, the doctor said it

the chances

a birthday gift you gave

the storm inside me, didn’t seem down at all. He spoke gently, “It’s okay. We have a long

before asking, “When did you recognize

you fainted from

me with a tender gaze,

it was just a coincidence. But then, I noticed so many

I blinked, “Like what?”

for spicy and sweet foods, the way you fidget with

“So, it adds up,

listed, my certainty grew, and I had to admit, “Yes! It

really was

But still…

my hands, saying, “Mark, I

be ready to return