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.”

was clear; Clarence

resigning herself, “…There’s absolutely nothing between us. I’ve made

the crux of the matter, “So,

“It’s early days. Right now, it’s

forehead before grabbing his car keys and

cursed at his retreating figure, “Stealing my best friend wasn’t enough, now I have to deal with your lovey-dovey

but laugh, not saying much, just looking at her, “So, you’ve really fallen for

“It’s alright.”

more freely, “It’s just a bit of reverse psychology. The more he wants to

“Anyway…”

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

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

“Why worry about that?”

would choose me over anyone

the situation, he always

…

indebted, Christine didn’t wait until the afternoon; right

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

this busy period was over and Jeff had enough staff, I could breathe a little

golden sunset poured

neck was

was