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.

to give

him that she loved;

guard this secret with his life. Never would he reveal

departing on her trip, Rachel paid a visit to

hospital. She had initially intended to speak with Brian about

however, that conversation

of leaving Jeffrey alone in the hospital, solely under

she chose to bring him

for 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 bit.

into joyful applause. “Yes, yes! I love

today. I’ll

“Okay!”

the hospital, 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

timing is right, I’m on

choosing him as her attorney, she showed she trusted

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

confident are you

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

fee you mentioned, I’ll arrange for it as

Rachel reached out to Yvonne for assistance. She was aware that despite Yvonne’s marriage to Norton,

coerced into the marriage

he resented

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

million, right? I’ll transfer it to

again. If it’s too much or if Norton objects, please don’t push

me. When have I ever let myself be pushed

the call, Yvonne attempted to

several tries, the transfer

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

her frustration. She strode

Norton,

doing right