Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 181

Chapter 181:

“I arrived just in time and managed to save her. Fortunately, she wasn’t violated,” he explained, his voice carefully measured.

Rachel nodded. “That’s good to hear.”

Her calm tone washed over him like a cool breeze. Brian realized she wasn’t angry anymore, and a rare sense of relief flooded through him.

“Rachel, thank you,” he murmured.

“For what?”

“For not being mad.”

With one arm encircling her slender waist, he pressed a gentle kiss against her forehead. However, as he leaned in to deepen the kiss, she turned her head away. “I’m not feeling well. Let’s save this for another time,” she whispered.

Brian remained silent.

casually inquired, “You wore that wedding

forgotten this detail. Her reminder struck him immediately, the memory

be upset,” he hastened to explain. “I’ll have Ronald take it to be cleaned and restored. It’ll

set her spoon down, her expression unreadable. “There’s no need. Once something gets dirty, no matter how much you scrub

her hand. “Sure. I thought

smile. “What, do you think I spend my days

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“No,” he admitted.

two thoughts. One was the medical check-up scheduled for tomorrow. She wished, just for a second, that reality could be rewritten—that she would wake up and find it had all been a bad dream. The other thought was

finally speaking up. “I’m tired. I want

argue. He simply turned off the main light and said, “Go to

slightly. “You’re not

“I’m staying with you.”

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