Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 309:

“You’ve clearly had too much to drink. Don’t wander aimlessly. Wait for Tracy to pick you up,” she instructed firmly.

“Is that what you genuinely mean?”

Brian’s gaze locked onto hers, his eyes cold enough to pierce through her resolve.

Rachel met his stare with unwavering determination and nodded once.

“Yes.”

She turned away and made her way upstairs to her apartment.

Once in her room, she gazed through the balcony window and spotted Brian still rooted where she had left him. Perhaps he couldn’t reconcile how the woman who had loved him unconditionally could suddenly walk away with such resolution. Or maybe the alcohol had rendered him immobile.

Rachel reminded herself not to

curtains closed, gathered her pajamas, and headed

shower that stretched just beyond ten minutes, she spent additional

to the balcony to hang them, the faint patter of raindrops reached her

her imagination and paid no

more insistent—she realized

heavy precipitation

poured from

mind drifted to

departed by now. Or perhaps Tracy

mind, yet the persistent drumming of raindrops against her

surrendered, rose from the bed, and pulled back

gⱯ𝗅𝗇0ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝗰𝗈𝗺; 𝓯𝗶𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝒆𝓷

her elevated vantage point, she could discern

downpour had intensified to such a degree that visibility became severely