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.

During their meal, Rachel casually inquired, “You wore that wedding suit when you went to

reminder struck him immediately,

to explain. “I’ll have Ronald take it to be cleaned and restored. It’ll look just

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

her hand. “Sure. I thought

head slightly, studying him with a knowing smile.

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“No,” he admitted.

really watching. Her mind was tangled in 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 more immediate: When was Brian

hour before finally speaking up.

the

frowned slightly. “You’re not

“I’m staying with you.”

you