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.

aunt were fragmented, consisting only of bits and

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

the doctor said it

it’d been too long; the chances of recovering those

birthday gift you gave

gently, “It’s okay. We have a long future

I hesitated before asking,

was that time you fainted from low blood

me with a tender gaze, “I heard someone

I noticed so

I blinked, “Like what?”

fidget with

observed me, “So,

my certainty grew, and I had to admit,

really was me. Absolutely

But still…

with my hands, saying,

ready to return your