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.”

easily. With the scandal blowing up online, Dorothy would vent all her fury on me. And

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

“Is he now…”

he was linked to the Myers family by marriage. On the other, he

a sidelong glance. “Worried about

The sarcasm was unmistakable.

looked at him. “Do you think Bryant would

Gregory lounged back in his seat, his voice

“Then why

Timothy’s passing, the entire future of the Ferguson Group rested on

looked surprised by my response. “Didn’t peg you for someone who’s

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

but with a hint of threat. “What

if daring me to repeat any disparaging word, ready to cast me back

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 faithful to a fiancée lost for

an eyebrow, pleased. “Go on. I’m all

how to climb the ladder of

to an alley nearby, sparking a memory. I turned to Gregory and asked, “Can we stop by that alley for a