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

noticed that Rachel still hadn’t asked

the past, she would have

now, she seemed

him or sent him a single message. She had kept it all

she would cling to him, pleading

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

she no longer turned to him

dull ache forming behind

what you love at

thoughts. Ronald stepped in, his

need

course, sir. What

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

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

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