When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 322

The questions were sharp, no doubt about it. But Gregory didn’t seem flustered at all. He gestured for me to come closer with a hook of his finger. “Lean in. I’ll tell you.”

I moved a few inches. “Go ahead.”

Given the limited space in the car and with no one else around except the driver, all the secrecy seemed a bit over the top.

He moved a bit closer, a mischievous twinkle in his eyes, testing the limits of annoyance.”I just can’t stand people who are too slow on the uptake.”

I straightened up, glaring at him. “So, should I be thanking you for enlightening me?”

“I wouldn’t mind,” he said with a polite smile.

He always held a cheeky demeanor like that. But I couldn’t discount his assistance earlier. I lowered my gaze. “Thanks for what you did back there.”

His fingers tapped casually against the windowsill. “Even if I hadn’t shown up, they would’ve let you go eventually.”

I smiled bitterly. “But not without making me suffer a bit more.”

family wouldn’t let things slide so easily. With the scandal blowing up online, Dorothy would vent all her fury on me. And afterward,

through it all. “The longer you stay with the Myers family, the more they expose themselves online. Dorothy and Susan may be clueless, but Richard is

“Is he now…”

a rock and a hard place. On one hand, he was linked to the Myers family by marriage. On the other, he was stirring trouble with them

glance. “Worried about your ex,

The sarcasm was unmistakable.

Bryant would

cautious,” Gregory lounged

“Then

of the Ferguson Group rested on his shoulders. How could he, and why would he, risk

by my response. “Didn’t

love–struck.” I shot

but with a hint of threat. “What was

to repeat any disparaging word, ready to cast

I had no choice but to bow my head. I smiled, trying to sound sincere. “I was saying you’re a once–in–a–lifetime kind of guy. Staying faithful to a fiancée lost for over

eyebrow, pleased.

to climb

nearby, sparking a memory. I turned