Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 262:

That was why he kept scrubbing, as if he could erase whatever he imagined had happened.

A hollow laugh slipped from her lips as she weakly grasped his wrist.

“Just stop. Brian, you don’t trust me, do you? In your mind, I’m already tainted. What’s the point of scrubbing now? A hundred times, a thousand—it won’t change what you think. Stop deceiving yourself.”

But for once, Brian didn’t agree.

“No. It’s not that. I don’t think you’re stained. I just don’t want another man’s scent on you.”

“Is that so?” Rachel let out a small, bitter smile.

Without saying another word, she reached out, wrapped her arms around his neck, and softly pressed her lips against his.

That single moment shattered Brian’s restraint—he instantly went from hesitant to completely taking control.

bathroom seemed to intensify. The steaming water rushed over them, adding

hands tightened around the edge of the tub, her

took over, making her body tremble

her shiver, Brian instantly stopped in his

his grip and

was fear that held him back—fear that she might

anything, he feared the possibility that she truly despised him, just as she had

had tried to deny it, but deep down, the thought of her pulling

So, ultimately, he relented.

and swiftly wrapped a towel around

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by the tub and said calmly, “Get up and get dressed. I won’t disturb

stared at him,

a whole minute, she just

ran through her, as if she had been thrown into an ice cellar. She shivered, and

much effort did it take to stop herself from laughing out