Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 89

Chapter 89:

Rachel froze, her mind questioning whether her ears had deceived her.

When Jeffrey’s voice drifted through the air again, her hands shook violently, spilling the steaming water everywhere.

The scalding liquid raised an angry blister on her hand, but in that moment, pain was the furthest thing from her mind.

She quickly turned and rushed to his bedside. “Jeffrey…” Tears of pure joy and relief streamed down her face at the sight of his open eyes. “You’re finally awake. You scared me half to death. Promise me you’ll never do anything so reckless again.”

A gentle smile graced Jeffrey’s pale face. “I promise. From now on, your word is law.”

With Jeffrey’s return to consciousness, the crushing weight that had been suffocating Rachel’s heart finally lifted, and she released a deep sigh of relief. But fate had other plans, for she encountered Brian sooner than she had anticipated.

Their paths crossed in the sterile hospital corridor—Rachel standing, Brian seated in his wheelchair.

around them, the air growing thick with

perceptive, broke through the tension. “I’ll take my

the long corridor held only Rachel and Brian, facing each other in weighted

spoke, his voice rough and unfamiliar, stripped of its usual self-assured

her voice as cold as winter frost. Though Brian had steeled himself for her iciness,

a misunderstanding on her part. She’ll apologize to him personally. I’ll make sure

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Rachel nodded curtly. “Fine.”

that closure. “If there’s nothing else, I should go.”

He had unknowingly grabbed her injured flesh, already sporting a

instinctively concealed her hand behind her back. “Nothing

me check it.” His tone carried a gentleness that almost

unnecessary. A few days