When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 334

Gratitude and guilt swirled within me, keeping any sharp retorts at bay. I forced a smile, “No worries, it hardly hurts.”

He withdrew his hand, letting out a silent sigh before saying, “You should head back home. I just wanted to see if you were alright. Now that I know you are, I can rest easy.”

“Alright.”

The chill made me sniffle as I waved goodbye to him and headed towards my doorstep.

Thinking back to his asking about the place, I turned around, “Oh, and Mark, I’ll make sure to move out as soon as I can…”

Originally, I thought ours was merely a friendship.

But knowing what I know now, I preferred it stayed that way, with no extra complications.

“No need!” Mark cut me off. After a brief struggle, he seemingly conceded, “Just stay put, alright? Gregory lives across from you… not many would dare to stir trouble here. It’s relatively safe for you.”

“Thank you…”

“Jane, we’re still friends.”

“Don’t feel pressured just because I have feelings for you. Besides, you haven’t held me back in any way. Now that everything’s out in the open, let’s just continue being friends. Good friends. You’re still the same junior I befriended, and I’m still

“Deal!”

adding before he left, “Having a

treated with genuine kindness by him, by

outside, and muttered something I couldn’t catch over the noise of

car.

asked, trying to catch his

as he slightly chuckled.

Ding! The elevator arrived.

Mark softly said, “You better head

nodded vigorously, feeling an indescribable emotion, as if something

there was nothing I

about to step into the elevator, Molly emerged from inside, surprised to see Mark, “Oh,

“Yeah.

Thanks for the other day, by the way. That ibuprofen really

“No problem.”

Molly turned to me, a bit

we’ve

mine for confirmation, “You don’t like