When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 341

“It does.” I curled my lips, mustering all my courage, “If it’s the latter, I’m worried… maybe you’ve fallen for me?

He chuckled, “Worried? You think me liking you would keep you up at night?”

“Pretty much.” I spoke openly, “You’ve got a good personality, come from a good family, and you’re loyal. Being liked by someone like you, it’s hard not to feel something. But that’s exactly why we can’t be.”

“Can’t be?”

“Yeah, can’t be.”

I took a deep breath, looking him straight in the eye, “I’m not a starry–eyed girl anymore. I can’t knowingly walk into a situation that’s doomed from the start. Your loyalty, to me, is a flaw.”

“You helped me out earlier, and I’ll deal with your parents for you. Beyond that, let’s both keep our heads.”

That night, after I got ready for bed in the guest room Ramona had set up, I lay there, wide awake.

What did Gregory say to me during the day?

He said, “Jane, don’t think you’re the only one who’s scared.”

Before I could ponder what he meant, he shoved me into his car and had his driver take me back.

was about to turn off the light, my

I frowned, answering, “Hello?”

lazy as usual, came through, “Come out. Hurry, it’s

“Okay.”

got out of bed, grabbed a long down coat,

looking ahead, I bumped into a solid chest, stumbling back two steps before I

and grumbled, “So, being called out in the middle of

faintly of

I was going… You do realize

in his eyes, his voice cold, “I’m setting New Year’s Day as the

froze. I knew what his “stop

into my palm, my whole being felt

moment, I looked at him hesitantly, “But you said you’d never

embrace, the scent of mint mixing with the cold night

this a hug

a serious look, his words clear and profound, “I

I felt utterly out of my

confused, and it had

awkwardly stepped back, asking, “What makes you so

“I’m confident about everything.”

the