When Love Breaks by Jack

The anticipation was thick in the air, almost palpable.

The day of the gala had dawned surprisingly bright and clear, a stark contrast to the dreary, rain-soaked days that had preceded it. Vista Town’s elite and a smattering of celebrities usually glimpsed only on screen graced the event, making the hotel’s entrance a parade of luxury cars and eager reporters.

Catching sight of the cameras, I couldn’t help but express my amazement, “My mom really went all out with this.”

Beside me, Gregory nonchalantly agreed, “Yeah, the scale of this thing is kind of stressing me out.”

I thought he shared my sentiment until he added, “Makes me think I’ll have to go even bigger for our wedding.”

I was speechless.

I sneaked in through the back door into the green room.

Bella’s eyes lit up when she saw me. “My daughter looks stunning.”

Despite my excitement, nerves tingled through me.

Feeling the sweat in my palms, she guided me to sit down on a couch. “Take a breather. Ivy will come fetch you when it’s your turn.”

I nodded.

Before leaving, Bella turned to Gregory, saying, “Try to calm her down a bit, will you? She’s still pregnant, and even at three months, we can’t have her getting too stressed.” “Of course, Bella.”

Gregory settled next to me after Bella left.

He asked, “Want me to say anything in particular?”

“I don’t even know…”

“Okay.”

Suddenly, he knelt in front of me, “I’ve been trying to comfort you all morning with no luck. It’s hard to control physiological responses.”

“But, I might have a slightly unconventional solution.”

preoccupied to question his logic, I went along with it, believing

“What’s the plan?”

could propose to

…

themselves in the banquet hall and the reporters found their spots, the flash of cameras was blinding when

initially denied any relationship with Summer Taylor, your curiosity

like to

misdeeds and how Summer deceived

impact of her speech. She chose a subdued gown for the occasion, willingly

journalists, a masked woman’s

…

me, Gregory had stepped out to take

Christine teased, “What’s with the flushed

just brought

“Proposing? He did?!”

“Not exactly.”

my breath, “He always mentions it in passing,

man doesn’t seem the type to back

mean so much to him, so proposing has become a big

not like running a company with

the proposal to be unique, just

“You’re good at analyzing others’ relationships. When it comes to

realized too late I

Christine’s expression dimmed

He probably wanted you to visit. I didn’t tell you because after last time, I didn’t

already been

I knew he was injured. I was there on other business

of scorn crossed

I saw him with his et art by his side, feeding

cozy. Must be his

to appear unaffected, I could sense her

fault; I’ve been neglecting

playing games,