Chapter 281

Chapter 281:

She hadn’t dared to believe in that possibility, so she never even asked.

“What if I said I would?”

Brian’s voice cut through the darkness, steady and sure.

In the past, Rachel might have trusted such words from Brian.

But now? After all the chaos and disappointments, her faith in him had disappeared.

With a hint of irony in her smile, she said, “This isn’t the time for jokes. I’m really not in the mood for this.”

he had crossed oceans just for her. Even if he had rushed back, she wasn’t

late. You should head home,” Rachel said, her

lingered, finding it hard to

to push me away and never see me again, just let me be. Can you give me that much?”

hands, which had

profound silence engulfed

back,

the door, inhaling deeply. For a

the door clicked shut, Brian found solace against the adjacent wall. Rather than departing, he pulled out a cigarette and lit it. Smoke soon

until the searing touch of the cigarette on his skin snapped him back to the present. That was when he understood. Rachel had moved on. She no longer desired his

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