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.

had not yet drawn crowds, allowing them to secure a private dining room

settled, Doris attached herself to Brian’s side, regaling him with workplace anecdotes that ranged from

until Doris deliberately drew her

female colleagues had shared days earlier,

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

tone dropping to a glacial register. “Is it truly nothing, or are you simply

“Truly nothing,” she replied.

in the room seemed to plummet with

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with their meal shortly

were liberally studded with chilies, far too spicy for her current

her chair. “You two enjoy. I have pressing matters to attend to and

down!” Brian’s voice cut through the air like