Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 279:

This forced Rachel to halt her attempt to close the door. “Let me in for a bit,” Brian insisted, his voice leaving no room for argument. Rachel stared at him, taken aback by his audacity to just invite himself in.

“I’m really not up for guests, Mr. White.”

Brian quirked an eyebrow. “Are we going to stand here forever? I’m fine with that, but your neighbors seem to be around. It might draw their attention…”

His brazenness was astounding! With reluctance, Rachel stepped back from the door.

Taking advantage of her hesitation, Brian walked in confidently and made his way to the sofa, taking a seat as though he owned the place. To anyone else, he might have seemed like the man of the house.

“How did you find out where I was?” Rachel inquired.

“Yvonne may not like me much, but she cares about you. She wouldn’t have you rent an apartment. Knowing this place was hers before she married, it’s logical she’d have you stay here.”

assumed correctly. And he had visited this apartment once before and recalled its

anything to drink,

we’re out of

is fine by

we’ve run out of that

“So, what do you drink

responded. It was clear from her demeanor that she wasn’t inclined to accommodate him. Despite this, Brian remained unfazed. He straightened up, his gaze sweeping the room and finally resting on

guessed it

swiftly grabbed the cup and

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Brian stood, lifting the cup high above her grasp, a taunting smile

me back my cup!” Rachel yelled, stretching to reach

her face

about that drink?”

the cup first,” Rachel