When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 338

My heart felt like it was being squeezed.

Just like Gregory had said, it was something subconscious, an inexplicable feeling from nowhere.

Seeing the sadness in his eyes, I found myself impulsively tiptoeing, reaching up to ruffle his hair.

But halfway through, I snapped back to reality, my hand frozen mid–air as I met his deep eyes, whispering soothingly, “Gregory, she wouldn’t blame you.”

There was a brief spark in his eyes, which faded as I hesitated. “You’re not her. How would you know what she’s thinking?”

“I’ve been through something similar,” I admitted with a bitter taste in my voice. “I had a good life, then suddenly lost my parents and had to fend for myself, striving and struggling to survive.”

Nooked back at him, offering a gentle smile. “If I were her, I wouldn’t blame you. And… I believe she wouldn’t either.”

People who’ve had it tough tend to empathize more with others.

were proof enough of

blunted. “Have these years

was younger,

got used to it. These past few years, living

me. “So, are you happy every

most people are just trying their best to live. How can one be happy

Are you

room, closing the door behind him and shooting me

hadn’t

I shrugged, not pushing

stay here. But if you’d rather stay at a hotel, I can talk to her.” “No need,”

with Ramona because I never knew my grandparents‘

it felt

busier back in

in the afternoon after receiving a phone

sight, Ramona turned to me with a meaningful look. “Child, do you have certain

question caught me off guard, and

you don’t think about