All Chapters of UNBREAK MY HEART: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

Emily’s PovI’d been staring at my phone for twenty minutes before I finally pressed send.Me: We need to talk. Tonight.Alex replied almost instantly. Where?I typed the address of a little coffee shop that stayed open late, halfway between his place and mine. It was a neutral ground and God knew we needed it.By the time I walked in, my stomach was a knot of nerves. He was already there, sitting at a corner table, one hand wrapped tight around a cup of black coffee like it was keeping him tethered to the earth.His eyes flicked up when I slid into the seat across from him. The bruise forming along his jaw caught me off guard.“You fought with him,” I whispered.“Yeah,” Alex said flatly. “I did.”I swallowed hard. “Alex…….”“Don’t.” He leaned forward, his voice low and sharp. “Start talking. What the hell happened with Ava tonight?”I pressed my palms against the table to keep them from shaking. “She knows about everything.”His mouth twisted. “Yeah I know. She looked like she

Jace’s PovI didn’t sleep much after Emily walked away last night.Her voice was broken, trembling and it kept replaying in my head. The way she had leaned into me like I was still her anchor, even though she swore she loved Alex. The way her eyes looked when she whispered thank you, like I was the only thing keeping her from collapsing completely.And maybe I was selfish, but I didn’t regret a damn thing.By the time the sun rose, I’d already decided. I wasn’t going to sit around waiting for her to hit rock bottom again. If she needed safe ground, I’d give it to her. Even if it was just dinner.I scrolled through my contacts, thumb hovering over her name. Then I pressed the call.She answered on the second ring, voice groggy. “Jace?”“Yeah. Did I wake you?”A soft sigh. “Kind of but it’s okay.”I leaned back in my chair, staring at the ceiling. “I was thinking… maybe I could take you out tonight, nothing fancy. Just dinner, no drama. Just… us.”There was a long pause. My chest

Emily’s PovI didn’t even wait until we were out of sight of Alex. My blood was boiling, my throat tight with all the words I’d been swallowing for too long.“Unbelievable,” I spat, dragging Jace by the arm as we rounded the corner. “Absolutely unbelievable. Did you hear him? Did you hear the way he talked to me?”Jace didn’t answer right away, just let me pull him down the block, his hand resting lightly over mine like he was grounding me.“I mean, seriously!” I threw my hands up, spinning to face him. “First it was Ava. Oh, Emily, why didn’t you tell me Ava was doing this behind my back? Then Ezra, why didn’t you warn me about him, Emily? Like somehow I’m supposed to have a crystal ball telling me everyone’s intentions before they act.”“Emily……” Jace started, but I cut him off, too full of rage to stop.“No, don’t ‘Emily’ me right now. I am sick of it. Sick of being the one he blames for everything that goes wrong in his perfect little world. Ava lies? My fault. Ezra manipulates?

Emily’s PovBy the time I pushed open the door to the apartment, my head felt like it had been stuffed with glass. Every thought, every memory from tonight cut me open from the inside.The air smelled faintly of cinnamon from the candle Ava had burned earlier, though it was nothing compared to the sharp scent of tension waiting for me the moment I stepped inside.Ava was curled up on the couch, her arms crossed, eyes fixed on the TV but I knew her well enough to see she wasn’t really watching. The flicker of light painted her face, but her mouth was pressed into that thin, unforgiving line I’d come to dread.Her head snapped toward me when the door clicked shut, and just like that, the silence between us cracked wide open.“You’re late,” she said flatly.“I know,” I murmured, setting my bag down by the door. My voice felt raw, like I’d swallowed ash.“You were with him.” it was not a question, I didn't think it was even an accusation this time. Just a statement and it was cold, sh

Ezra’s PovThe bar was dim, tucked into the corner of a side street where the city never really slept but pretended to slow down. The kind of place where you could vanish into the low light and noise, where no one cared who you were or what baggage you dragged in with you. That was why I picked it.Alex didn’t belong here, his edges were too clean, his jaw too tight, like he carried his self-control the way soldiers carried their weapons but he showed up anyway, sliding into the booth across from me with a sharpness in his eyes that told me this wasn’t going to be easy.Good. It wasn’t supposed to be.“Why the hell am I here, Ezra?” His voice was clipped, controlled, but I could hear the storm beneath it.I leaned back, pretending to be more relaxed than I was. “Because I asked and because you’re curious, whether you want to admit it or not.”His glare could’ve cracked glass. “I’m curious about a lot of things, but none of them involve sitting across from the man who….” He stopped h