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.”

things slide so easily. With the scandal blowing up online, Dorothy would

faint 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

glance. “Worried about

The sarcasm was unmistakable.

at him. “Do you think Bryant would go to

it safe, way too cautious,” Gregory lounged back

“Then why

Timothy’s passing, the entire future of the Ferguson Group rested on his shoulders. How could he, and why would he, risk it all for someone

my response. “Didn’t peg you

love–struck.” I

but with a hint of threat. “What was

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

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

an eyebrow, pleased. “Go

sure knew how to climb the ladder

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