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.”

let things slide so easily. With the scandal blowing up online, Dorothy would vent all her fury on me.

won’t come to that.” Gregory’s smile was faint as if he had seen through it all. “The longer you stay

“Is he now…”

and a hard place. On one hand, he was linked to the Myers family by marriage. On the

shot me a sidelong glance. “Worried about your ex, are

The sarcasm was unmistakable.

Bryant would go

playing it safe, way too cautious,” Gregory lounged back in his seat, his voice

shrugged. “Then why

Ever since Timothy’s passing, the entire future of the Ferguson Group rested on his shoulders. How could he,

“Didn’t peg you for someone who’s not

who’s love–struck.” I shot back, mimicking

with a hint of

any disparaging word,

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

raised an eyebrow, pleased. “Go on.

knew how to climb the ladder of

outside to an alley nearby, sparking a memory. I turned to Gregory and asked, “Can