When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 459

I was lying in the hospital bed, nodding slowly. “Yes, Gregory.”

Initially, as I was searching for Gregory, I had slowly come to terms with the possibility that he might have died, this terrible piece of news.

But then, as I lay there on the hospital bed, clarity struck me. He couldn’t be dead.

That day, our chance encounter on the street must have been a divine sign.

After that, my health improved rapidly, as if someone on their deathbed had suddenly found a reason to heal.

Now, Gregory was far from his usual carefree self, his expression grave. “You can’t keep doing this, Jane,” he said sternly.

“Then take care of yourself,” I shot back.

His stern look didn’t scare me one bit. “Gregory, if you dare get yourself hurt, I dare to die just to show you.”

“Are you threatening me?”

“Yes, I’m threatening you. Are you scared?”

“Scared.” He was at a loss with me, his eyes filled with fear and affection. “I’m not scared of anything, except for something happening to you.”

“Then promise me, promise me you’ll take care of yourself.”

I was scared too.

I feared that facing Palmer again would bring back the horrors of the past.

to dodge an open attack, but a stab in the back is hard

my forehead, planting a

“Pinky promise.”

and I promise you. Gregory, for each other, let’s both stay

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giving it a gentle shake. “Jane, from now on, no

I want your

felt uneasy with such talk. “I

in France, I knew it was most likely a case of mistaken identity, or just my

were

my scar. “Just, I didn’t run into you. Imagine, if we had met that day, would you

have not

the subtext

My heart trembled slightly.

I saw that

mistaken. It wasn’t

but he saved me once

him. “But I saw you that day, you were on the Champs–Élysées in the

“Right.”

erratic. “Your suicide attempt, was

“No.”

with a definitive answer, grabbing his hand. “Gregory, were you sent by God to save me? It’s since then

looked skeptical, guilt still evident in

makes me a

you