When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 493

He pieced me back together, light as a breeze after a summer storm, soothing the aches of my past into quiet reconciliation.

Suddenly, his cool, large hand slid my skirt up to my thighs, his whisper grazing my ear, “Jane, where did your mind wander off to? Am I not doing this right?”

I was nearly speechless, lifting my gaze to meet his bold face, feeling a soft warmth spreading within me. Leaning into his shoulders, I murmured, “I was thinking, Gregory, I think I’ve truly fallen for you.”

This wasn’t just a crush.

Nor was it mere affection.

It wasn’t even a lingering sentiment from childhood memories.

It was me, here and now, genuinely falling for him.

Hearing this, Gregory pinched my face, his tone fierce, “What do you mean? You mean to say you hadn’t fallen for me when you agreed to be my girlfriend?”

“Of course not!”

cause pain, so I didn’t push him away. “I

gave me a sideways

“Are you not satisfied?”

“That’s not it.”

when will you hit

lips into a smile, “That depends on

you just how much I can ‘keep

ever the charmer, let his hand wander further down my thigh, pausing as he bit down on his lip, “Why hasn’t your

burned, and I swatted his hand away, “Seven days! It can’t just end up like

closed his eyes in resignation, scooped me up, and lead me towards the dining

had already prepared dinner, three

at the sight,

the summer heat, my appetite usually

to my tastes when she cooked, making me

was always an unintentional diet season for

I doing

“You are!”

took my seat, serving myself two bowls of mushroom soup,