When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 292

We were adults and had cleared the art between us days ago. It was evident what Mark’s kindness and attention meant. I was at a loss. for how to respond. I had said everything I needed to say that day. Constantly turning him down would only make things awkward, and we might end up not even being friends.

Mark hesitated, “Jane, am I making you feel pressured?”

Ifiddled with my fork, about to speak, when he continued thoughtfully, “Like I said, you don’t need to respond to anything. Just think of it as something friends do for each other”

“When you’re ready to start a new relationship, we can take it slow,” he added.

My heart warmed at his words. I might have fallen deeply for him if I hadn’t gone through that disastrous marriage with Bryant and if I were still at the age of acting on impulse. But I was afraid. The cost of getting my heart involved was too much for me to bear

of my fork. “What if that day never

anymore, not when we had come this far. Seeing his stunned expression, I put down my fork. “If Bryant and I had never

smile, the soft light

online” He looked at me squarely, a hint of self–mockery in his

said, caught off guard by Mark’s candidness, with my words barely escaping my lips. “But divorce doesn’t mean I’m ready to be with someone else again. Up to now, just

eyes dimmed a bit when I mentioned “a good friend.” But I didn’t

and lifted his gaze, his expression still gentle. “Jane, how about we set a timeline? Like six months,

“Let’s say

or it was not. If it were possible to fall in love, the years passed, and the next six months

Mark agreed happily, “Let’s eat before it gets

the door, and he glanced toward Gregory’s place, suddenly asking, “Jane, are you close with