When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 450

I stood frozen in place.

Ike wriggled out of his restraints and rushed back to me like a little cub, clutching my legs as tears streamed down his face. “That’s not true, Uncle, you’re being so unfair!”

Hearing this, Gregory chuckled, his gaze steady on me. “Is that so?”

I guessed he had misunderstood something. The things he said were meant to test me. He was staring at me, waiting for me to provide a contradicting answer. This was probably the last chance he was giving me.

Slowly, I diverted my gaze, crouching down to hug the sobbing Ike, wiping away his tears. “It’s okay, Ike. Uncle was wrong. Can you give your sister a little time? I need to explain something to your uncle, alright?”

The little munchkin blinked his teary long lashes, his voice soft and milky. “Okay…”

“Chris.” I dialed Christine’s number.

She answered with confusion, “What’s up?”

“Can you come up to the fifth floor? Take Ike to the birthday party, will you?”

“Sure.” Christine sensed something was off in my tone and agreed promptly, but she couldn’t help asking with concern, “What’s going on?”

I pressed my lips together, “I’ll explain tonight.”

alone, one standing outside, the other inside.

dry lips. “Gregory, has anyone ever

childish?”

nice. But as a child, I was the same. Spoiled, willful.

“Jane, you won’t even give

smiled faintly, looking at him. “Is it

“Yes.”

“You looked into me?”

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“Yes.”

“What did you find?”

“What do you think?”

from Dave, and battling depression, I can barely

was upset about. Somehow gathering my courage,

him.

The next second, unable to hold back any longer, he wrapped his arms around my waist, lifting me slightly, responding

my strength, wrapping my arms around his neck, stepping back, my eyes glistening with tears, my voice soft yet firm, “Me and Mark, we’ve never kissed like

he did take good care of me, but it was just that, nothing

was what he must have been upset about. I wasn’t sure at first, but seeing his reaction to the

this, Gregory pulled me close again, still deliberately stern, “What

was taken aback, “What else did

should I

of his network, but since he found out even where