Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 236

Chapter 236:

Seeing Rachel lying in bed, her face drained of color, Brian’s chest tightened with worry.

“Why do you look so pale? What happened?” As soon as the words left his mouth, his gaze landed on the bedsheet behind her.

The fabric was pristine white—one he didn’t recognize from the hospital.

“You’re in a hospital,” he said, his voice sharpening, more a statement than a question.

Rachel masked the flicker of panic in her eyes and forced a calm response. “Yeah, my period cramps were really bad, so I came in for a check-up.”

“What caused it? Did they run any tests?”

“It’s okay. I got an injection, and I’m already feeling better.”

After a few more exchanges, she quickly found an excuse to end the call.

stared at his phone, an odd sense of

still

she would have

she

she hadn’t called him or sent him a single message. She

whenever she wasn’t feeling well, she would cling to him, pleading

would insist he hold her—like a child, always trying to remind him that

she no longer turned to

ache forming behind his eyes. Lately, something

you

knock at the door pulled him from his thoughts. Ronald stepped in, his posture straight and respectful. “Mr. White, the meeting is

need to ask

course, sir.

you noticed any changes in Rachel lately?” Brian’s voice was steady,

wasn’t his place to comment—Rachel was Brian’s fiancée. If anyone should know her best, it was