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

tightened around the edge of the

making her body tremble

Brian instantly stopped in his tracks, completely

grip and slowly pulled

further. In the end, it was fear that held him back—fear

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

down, the thought of her pulling away, of seeing pure

So, ultimately, he relented.

stood up and swiftly wrapped a towel around his

𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡

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

at him,

she just looked

ran through her, as if she had been thrown into an ice cellar. She shivered, and a bitter laugh slipped from

it take to stop herself from laughing out