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.

was determined not to give her the opportunity to

had to be him that she loved; it could

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

her trip, Rachel paid

and was poised to leave the hospital. She had

that conversation

the thought of leaving Jeffrey alone in the hospital, solely under

deliberating, she chose to

arrangement for them both. With her always around, Jeffrey wouldn’t

and offered it to him. “Jeffrey, I’m

her, Jeffrey burst into

today. I’ll be

“Okay!”

Rachel’s phone rang.

case. We’ve almost collected all the evidence, and I plan to file the lawsuit next month. What

believe the timing is right, I’m

as her attorney, she showed she trusted him

strong reputation, Rachel couldn’t shake a hint of anxiety. With her father still alive, the battle for

are you in winning this

before responding, “It’s a toss-up. If you could provide any photos or videos of your daily interactions with Jeffrey, that would strengthen

fee you mentioned, I’ll arrange for it as quickly as

She was aware that despite Yvonne’s

the marriage

resented

of her family, Yvonne had been funneling her funds into settling debts. Although the Burke family had committed to helping with the loan repayments, it forced Yvonne to tread carefully around Norton. Known for her

I’ll

it’s too

have I

the call, Yvonne attempted to transfer

the transfer wouldn’t

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

her frustration. She

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

doing