Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 271:

This time, Rachel remained tearless. After everything that had happened last night, she found herself able to speak these truths with composure and self-respect.

Yet Brian was not prepared to release her. “Rachel, I’m telling you again, come back to me. You’ll regret it if you don’t.” His warning was almost explicit.

Rachel stood firm, her lip caught between her teeth, resolved not to yield.

“Rachel, this is your final opportunity,” he said, his tone teetering on the brink of impatience.

He then took out his phone and dialed.

Rachel assumed he was calling assistance.

Given his control over this domain and the resources at his command, it made sense he wouldn’t personally handle a situation he could simply delegate with a few calls.

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get to him, over my dead

paused, wondering if he

red, saying, “Am I hearing things? Suddenly, you’re ready to defend another man with such ferocity. What about us? You gave up your feelings for me so

response was equally

feelings for you?” Rachel laughed bitterly, her laugh echoing twice more in the cold

it, calling it flawed. You discarded it, flung it to the earth, and even trampled it, pressing it deep into the dirt. Now, it’s been picked

she wearily closed her

had formed a dense circle around them, their

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compete with you. If you truly desire my end, then proceed,” Rachel said, her