When Love Breaks by Jack

“Moving out, moving out!”

Abandoning her breakfast, Christine sprung to her feet, eager to please. “Mr. Ford, your generosity knows no bounds. I’m forever grateful…”

“No thanks needed.”

Gregory chimed in with a meaningful tone, “Consider it an early wedding gift for you and Dailey.”

Christine was speechless, “…”

I was bewildered, aware that Gregory wasn’t one to speak without reason. I quickly turned to Christine, “You and Dailey? What’s going on??”

The prospect of my best friend’s major life event being news to me before Gregory was shocking.

Christine cleared her throat, trying to downplay it, “It’s not… what you think.”

She was clearly out of her league in this chase!

Gregory nodded in understanding, “Dailey’s a tough catch, huh?”

Christine was shocked, “He told you??”

Gregory chuckled, “Clarence dropped by my place last night. We ended up talking over a few beers.”

Clarence

briefly, resigning herself, “…There’s absolutely

focused on the crux of the matter, “So, there was something with

“It’s early days. Right now, it’s just me hoping for something more.” “I’ll head to

kissing my forehead before grabbing his

my best friend wasn’t enough, now I have to deal with your lovey-dovey antics every day!” Once Gregory closed

just looking at her, “So,

“It’s alright.”

psychology. The more he wants to keep his distance, the

“Anyway…”

past experiences, I sincerely added, “As long as you’re happy, that’s

things with Dailey go south, it could affect you and Gregory?” After

“Why worry about that?”

choose me over anyone else, every single

the situation, he always put

…

afternoon; right after lunch, she swiftly moved

everything she needed before rushing back home to dive into my design drafts. RiverCity’s headquarters was in the midst of

over and Jeff had enough staff, I could breathe a little easier and focus solely on

the golden sunset poured in,

my neck

was