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.

off the light, my phone on the

I frowned, answering, “Hello?”

usual, came through, “Come

“Okay.”

of bed, grabbed a long down coat, and headed out while

I bumped into a solid chest, stumbling back two steps

the streetlight, Gregory leaned against his car, wincing from the collision, and grumbled, “So, being called out in the middle of the night has you looking

smelled faintly

wasn’t watching where I was going… You

setting New Year’s Day as

knew what

my whole

him hesitantly, “But you said you’d

scent of

hug borrowed

serious look, his words clear and profound, “I wasn’t sure before, but seeing you

time in front of him, I felt utterly out of my depth, a stark contrast to the embarrassment

it had been a

asking, “What makes

“I’m confident about everything.”

open the car