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.”

blowing up online, Dorothy

smile was faint as if he had seen through it all. “The longer you stay with the Myers family, the more they

“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

sidelong glance. “Worried about your ex, are

The sarcasm was unmistakable.

Bryant would go to any

safe, way too cautious,” Gregory lounged back

“Then why

Ferguson Group rested on his shoulders. How could he, and why would he, risk it all for someone as insignificant

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

I shot back, mimicking

a hint of

daring me to repeat any disparaging word, ready

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

pleased. “Go on.

sure knew how to climb the ladder of

turned to Gregory and asked, “Can we stop