Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 228

Chapter 228:

So Rachel would always end up sprinting just to catch up to him.

Every time she did, he liked to duck behind a corner and out of her sight. Then, when she came running past, panting from the exertion, he would pull her close and scold her. “Stop following me.”

Rachel’s face had still been a bit round then, full of youth and vigor. She would clutch at her clothes when he spoke sternly to her, her head lowered, and her eyes would tear up. Sometimes, tears would actually fall.

But no matter how many times he scolded her, she would still trail behind him the very next day.

Brian was lost in his memories and was unable to respond in time.

Rachel took his silence as displeasure and made to put the ring back into its case, when he gently took her wrist. “I like it.”

“For real?” Rachel asked excitedly.

nodded and extended

on the back of his hand were slightly pronounced,

a daze until he brought his hand closer and asked, “Aren’t you going

she did so. They held hands on their way back, proudly wearing the rings that marked

was an intensely

the bathroom to take a shower when Rachel hugged him from

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chest and abs, her fingers leaving a trail of heat in their wake. Brian tensed under her touch, and soon, his

of his struggles, though. Her hands continued to travel downward until they

driving him

hands. “Do you know what you’re doing right now?” he

coy look. “Of course, I do,”

“Then why—”

of his words turned into a gasp as she pulled her hands free and