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.”

up online, Dorothy would vent

had seen through it all. “The longer you stay with the Myers family, the

“Is he now…”

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

me a sidelong glance. “Worried about your ex,

The sarcasm was unmistakable.

think Bryant would go to any

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

“Then why

passing, the entire future of the Ferguson Group rested

response. “Didn’t peg you for someone who’s not

love–struck.” I shot back, mimicking

with a hint

repeat any disparaging word, ready to cast me back

choice but to bow my head. I smiled, trying to sound sincere. “I was saying you’re a once–in–a–lifetime

pleased.

to climb the

a memory. I turned