Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 43

Chapter 43:

“Consider me a person in my own right. Do you really think I’m someone you can just walk all over? I have my own dignity. I feel happiness and go through sorrow too. It’s time for both of us to take a step back and think.”

Brian had always viewed himself as resilient.

Yet, as Rachel’s words reached him, they seemed to press a burdensome weight onto his chest, suffocating him with anguish.

“Okay.” That was the only feeble word he could manage.

With a swift motion, Rachel grabbed her suitcase and brushed past him.

“Hold on. I need to ask you something,” Brian called out, his deep eyes shadowed with an unfamiliar gloom.

“What do you want?”

“Did you say you loved me because I rescued you at the pool?”

Turning back to him, Rachel’s voice was laden with regret. “Honestly, if I had the choice, I wish we’d never crossed paths that day.”

If she hadn’t fallen for him, could they have avoided this tangled mess? Might she have escaped the pain that now cut through her? As she left, a chilling wind swept through the doorway.

Yet this breeze struck Brian with a sharpness that seemed to target his very soul.

The swimming pool… He had saved her?

Despite racking his brain and sifting through his memories, he found no recollection of such an event.

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There could be only one explanation. He was not the one who had saved her. Nor was he the one she had initially fallen for.

Should she discover her heart had mistakenly yearned for another, believing it was him…

No, he wouldn’t allow it to happen.

As soon as the idea entered his mind, he dismissed it immediately.

determined not to give her

that she loved;

to guard this secret with his life. Never would he reveal

trip, Rachel

poised to leave the hospital. She had initially intended to speak with Brian

that

leaving Jeffrey alone in the hospital, solely

deliberating, she chose to

to secure a living arrangement for them both. With her always around, Jeffrey wouldn’t

for Jeffrey and offered it to him. “Jeffrey, I’m going away for a bit. Would you like

into joyful applause. “Yes, yes! I love being

leave today. I’ll be back

“Okay!”

Rachel’s phone rang.

been significant progress in Jeffrey’s custody case. We’ve almost collected all the evidence, and I plan to file the lawsuit next month.

timing

choosing him as her attorney,

reputation, Rachel couldn’t shake a hint of anxiety. With her father still alive, the battle for her brother’s custody was a daunting task

how confident are you in winning this

If you could provide any photos or videos of your daily

mentioned, I’ll arrange for it

Yvonne for assistance. She was aware that despite Yvonne’s marriage to Norton, her financial situation

into the

he resented the

family had committed to helping with the loan repayments, it forced

need one million, right? I’ll transfer it

again. If it’s too much or if

about me. When have I ever let

call, Yvonne attempted

after several tries, the transfer wouldn’t

transfer limit? Five hundred a day? Since when did Norton’s account have such restrictions? Was this some kind of

frustration. She strode purposefully toward Norton’s

she could even spot Norton, his assistant, Leif Wilson, intercepted

doing