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.

the light, my phone on the nightstand

I frowned, answering, “Hello?”

lazy as usual, came through,

“Okay.”

grabbed a long down coat, and headed out while zipping

solid chest, stumbling back

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

smelled faintly of

watching where I was going… You do realize it’s the middle of

his voice cold, “I’m setting New Year’s Day as the deadline. If there’s no word from her

I knew what his “stop

my palm, my whole being felt lost, awkward, and

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

of mint mixing with the cold night air, enveloping my

a hug borrowed

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

of my

it had been a

asking, “What

“I’m confident about everything.”

to open the car door, handing me