Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 278:

“A little while ago,” Brian answered. He then explained how he and Rachel had separated and how Yvonne had stepped on his foot in return.

After hearing everything, Norton gave Brian a sympathetic look and decided not to hold a grudge over the stomp.

Brian then shifted his focus to Eric. “How’s Jeffrey’s custody case going? Tell me everything.”

“Wait a moment, I’ll have my assistant bring over the full case files.”

A moment later, Eric’s phone rang, and a bright voice came through. “I’m at the hotel you mentioned, but it’s huge, and I think I got lost.” Eric let out a sigh. His assistant was good at everything—except finding her way around. Sometimes, he wished he could just install a GPS system on her. Massaging his temples, he said, “Share your location and follow the directions to room No. 606.”

“Got it! I’ll be there soon.”

beside Eric and handed him the files. “Here. I brought

and Brian, surprised to see a new face, spoke almost at the same

enough experience now to manage things on his own, so I decided to bring in someone

surprise. “I

confused. “Why would I

that he had no clue about what had happened to Rachel. Since it wasn’t something confidential, Eric didn’t hold back and explained

they faced discrimination and humiliation. And that

the one hand, he was mad that she had kept something this serious, this painful, completely to herself. If he hadn’t run into Eric’s assistant today, he might have never found out. On the other

𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖋𝖎𝖊𝖉 𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓: 𝖌𝖆𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⩸ⅽ𝗈𝗺

said before turning

again,