When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 424

Little Ike looked to be around three or four years old, dressed in trendy clothes, and with a face so adorably sculpted it could melt hearts. He looked up at me with those big, innocent eyes, and I couldn’t help but feel a tug at my heartstrings.

I was slightly puzzled and gently patted his tiny head, “Auntie?”

“Yes, Auntie! My name’s Ike Taylor. You can just call me Ike!”

The little guy introduced himself with a soft, youthful voice, looking every bit the picture of sweetness.

I couldn’t help but chuckle softly, squatting down to his level and saying gently, “Alright, Ike, but…”

I paused, turning to Gregory, “Ike is your nephew?”

“Edith’s son.”

Gregory lazily lifted his gaze, speaking in an indifferent tone, “She’s off to Europe for a trip tonight. Ike has school, so I’m stuck looking after him for a while.”

“Really?” I glanced at his legs, questioning, “Are you sure… you can handle a kid?”

Ike then hugged my neck, peppering my face with kisses, his voice muffled, “Auntie, you can play with me!”

I must admit, I was completely won over by his charm, but still, I turned to Gregory, asking again, “Auntie?”

Gregory seemed unfazed, “Kids, they like to say whatever.”

I held Ike’s tiny shoulders, correcting him, “Ike, can you call me ‘Jane‘? Auntie is not something you can just call someone.”

He tilted his head, confused, “Why?”

“Well…”

I pondered how to explain this in the simplest terms, “Auntie is like your uncle’s future wife. Your uncle and I are just…”

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“I get it now!”

you are Auntie! Mommy said if two people like each other very, very much, they can become

was cut off mid–sentence by Gregory,

do you know

him,

“Oh yeah?

really, really doesn’t like

like a koala, pleading softly, “Auntie, I like

didn’t seem right to take someone else’s child

I’m staying in a hotel right

stay at the Elmwood Villas

an excuse on the spot, “Forgot the

Elmwood Villas apartment, the one

what happened two years ago, there’s been a distance between us, and I felt

Vista Town this time, I never considered staying

forgot your ow.n birthday

more like, I thought it wouldn’t be appropriate for me

smirked, “What’s inappropriate? Any of the gifts you’ve given me before wouldn’t be cheaper than that

reminded me of old

found something nice, I’d share

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or the holidays, I’d always empty my piggy bank and even ask Ramona for

suddenly felt justified. He

he mocked again, “Or is it that you have too much money and insist on staying at a hotel? Give me the excess

“In your dreams.”

play at my place. It’s just below your uncle’s house.

kiss on my

as he