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.

his phone, an odd sense

Rachel still hadn’t asked

past, she would have been

she seemed

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

she wasn’t feeling well, she would cling

hold her—like a child, always trying to remind him that she belonged in his

she no longer turned to

ache forming behind

what you love

pulled him from his thoughts. Ronald stepped in, his posture

I need

course, sir. What

changes in Rachel lately?” Brian’s voice was steady, but there was an

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