Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 249

Chapter 249:

From the front seat, Doris began a tearful lament. “Brian, I’m sorry. I don’t understand what I’ve done to earn her dislike. If my presence is unwelcome, I can leave.”

She glanced toward Ronald and said, “Stop the car.”

Brian hastened to reassure her. “You’ve misunderstood. If spicy food is what you desire, then spicy food we shall have.”

Doris brightened immediately. “Brian, do you truly mean that?”

“Of course,” he confirmed with a nod before turning back to Rachel. “Doris rarely makes requests. Let’s indulge in spicy food today, and afterward, I’ll take you wherever you wish to eat.”

His words sounded like negotiation, but his mind was already made up. Rachel said nothing, gazing out the window while a cold numbness spread through her heart. She understood the futility of objection. Brian would invariably prioritize Doris above all else.

Despite being his girlfriend, Rachel felt eclipsed by someone who wasn’t even family, someone who had been absent for years while she remained faithfully by his side almost daily. They arrived at the restaurant shortly thereafter.

yet drawn crowds, allowing them to secure a private dining

side, regaling him with workplace

in isolation, maintaining her silence until Doris deliberately drew her into conversation. “Rachel, have you encountered anything interesting at

colleagues had shared days earlier, Brian

his evident disappointment, Rachel merely shook her head with deliberate lightness. “Just the usual routine—nothing worth

gaze intensified, his tone dropping to a glacial register. “Is

“Truly nothing,” she replied.

temperature in the room seemed to plummet with those

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dishes only to discover they were liberally studded with chilies, far too spicy for her current health

her wellbeing, she rose decisively from her chair. “You two enjoy. I have pressing matters to

through the air like a frozen