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.

closest to Gregory among the younger Fords, aside

at tomorrow’s celebration party, my backstory

if I didn’t say anything, Gregory would find out by

reserved for elders, “No wonder Gregory’s fond of you. Ah, I like

I sighed in resignation.

got into the SUV, Ivy took the seat

your

“No.”

doesn’t hold grudges. Right when I came downstairs… she, she even called me “Mom”!” Ivy shared in her happiness, “That’s great, that’s great!

“We’re not doing it.”

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

actors addressing her on set, or even Summer calling her before, none of it moved her like Jane’s simple “Mom”

full of doubts and speculations, insisting on a precise

was as if some instinct guided her, making her absolutely certain that Jane was

for ten months and given

was, she still asked, “Are you sure about this?” “Aren’t you

referring to the incident where Summer falsely

this, Bella closed her

mother-daughter connection. And right now, what she needs most

doubt her, lest we create unnecessary

it at that for

‘Slow Life’ called earlier. They’re starting to edit the first episode and were asking how we’d