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 the

to be him that she loved; it could

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

Rachel

recovery and was poised to leave the hospital. She had initially intended to

however, that conversation

leaving Jeffrey alone in the hospital, solely under a caretaker’s

deliberating, she chose to bring him

them both. With her always around, Jeffrey wouldn’t need to tread so carefully through

an apple for Jeffrey and offered it to him. “Jeffrey, I’m going away for a

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

it’s settled. We leave today. I’ll be back shortly to pick you

“Okay!”

the hospital, Rachel’s phone rang.

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

you believe the timing

choosing him as her attorney, she showed she trusted him

father still alive, the battle for her brother’s custody was a daunting task

are you in

pondered the question before responding, “It’s a toss-up. If you could provide any photos or videos of your

I’ll arrange

was aware that despite Yvonne’s

into the marriage by his

resented the

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

I’ll transfer

I’m sorry to trouble you again. If it’s too much or

When have I

ending the call, Yvonne attempted to

the

Norton’s account have such restrictions? Was this some kind of

contain her frustration. She strode purposefully

spot Norton, his assistant, Leif Wilson, intercepted

Norton doing right