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.

not to give her the opportunity

that she loved; it

this secret with his life. Never

on her trip, Rachel paid a visit to

a remarkable recovery and was poised to leave the hospital. She had initially intended to speak with Brian about having Jeffrey

that conversation seemed

thought of leaving Jeffrey alone in the hospital, solely under

deliberating, she chose to

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

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

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

I’ll be back shortly to

“Okay!”

hospital, Rachel’s phone rang. It

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

you believe the timing is right, I’m on

as her attorney,

hint of anxiety. With her father still alive, the battle for her

are you in winning this

toss-up. If you could provide any photos or videos of your daily interactions with Jeffrey, that would

fee you mentioned, I’ll arrange for

Yvonne for assistance. She was aware that despite

into the marriage

he resented the

helping with the loan repayments, it forced Yvonne to tread carefully around Norton. Known for her independence, Yvonne detested being under Norton’s thumb.

need one million, right? I’ll transfer

again. If it’s too much or if

have I ever let myself be

Yvonne attempted to transfer the

after several tries, the transfer wouldn’t

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

contain her frustration.

she could even spot Norton, his

Norton doing