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.”

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

as if he had seen through it all. “The longer you stay with the

“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

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

The sarcasm was unmistakable.

Bryant would go to

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

“Then why

Ferguson Group rested on his

“Didn’t peg you for

love–struck.” I shot back, mimicking

chuckled but with a hint of threat.

daring me to repeat any disparaging word, ready to cast me back out into the

roof, 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

an eyebrow, pleased. “Go

how to climb

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