When Love Breaks by Jack

I couldn’t help but chuckle.

I wasn’t sure what Gregory had said, but Edith suddenly snapped, “Who’s drunk now? Fine, you’ll come crawling back to me soon enough!”

With that, she abruptly ended the call, turning to me with a grin. “Jane, could you do your future aunt a favor?”

…She sure took to that role quickly.

I raised an eyebrow, “Future aunt? You really planning on remarrying Herbert just to move up a generation?”

“It’s worth considering.” Edith winked at me. “So, will you help me out?”

“With what?”

“Don’t spill the beans about you and Bella to Gregory.”

“Huh?”

“I’ve never seen Gregory lose his cool.” Edith looked positively gleeful.

I laughed. “That’s the favor?”

She nodded. “Yep. So, will you?”

“Sure.” I readily agreed.

the closest to Gregory among the younger Fords, aside from Molly Ford. I

tomorrow’s celebration party, my backstory was going

say anything, Gregory would find out by tomorrow at

a fondness usually reserved for elders, “No wonder Gregory’s fond

I sighed in resignation.

into the SUV, Ivy

about your attitude last

“No.”

kid, she doesn’t hold grudges. Right when I came downstairs… she,

“We’re not doing it.”

all. “Ivy, you might not believe me, but when she called me, it felt completely different

young actors addressing her on set, or even Summer calling her before, none of it moved

was her daughter, she was full of doubts and

this time, it was as if some instinct guided her, making her

daughter she had carried for ten months and given everything to bring into the

more, being the rational person she was, she still asked, “Are you sure about this?” “Aren’t you afraid of making the same mistake

the incident where

Bella

that mother-daughter connection. And right now, what she needs most is unconditional maternal

doubt her, lest we create

“Let’s leave it at that for now, and see

her mind, “Oh, ‘Slow Life’ called earlier. They’re starting to edit the first episode