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.

to turn off the light, my phone on the

I frowned, answering, “Hello?”

voice, lazy as usual, came through, “Come out.

“Okay.”

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

chest, stumbling back two steps before I

wincing from the collision, and grumbled, “So, being called out in the

smelled faintly

I was going… You do realize

me, a subtle turmoil in his eyes, his voice cold, “I’m setting New Year’s Day as the deadline. If there’s no word from her by then, I’ll stop

froze. I knew what

dug into my palm, my

him hesitantly, “But you said you’d never give up

his embrace, the scent of mint mixing with the cold

a hug

his usual carefree demeanor replaced with a serious look, his words clear and profound, “I wasn’t sure before, but seeing you with Bryant today, I couldn’t help it. I wanted to betray my

of him, I felt utterly out of my depth,

and it had

stepped back, asking, “What makes you so sure

“I’m confident about everything.”

turned to open the car door,