Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 323:

“Stop talking nonsense! You’ve always been jealous of Rachel because she’s prettier than you!” Jeffrey shot back, his voice shaking. “And let me tell you one last time—my mom isn’t dead! She’s up there, a star in the sky!”

And with that, he spun around, ready to bolt.

But Kate wasn’t about to let him escape so easily. She grabbed his wrist, refusing to let go. “You don’t believe me? Fine! I’ll prove it. I’ve got books in my room—tons of them. I’ll show you the truth.”

Jeffrey, frail and weak back then, didn’t stand a chance against her determination.

Before long, she had forcibly dragged him into her bedroom. Once inside, Kate hurled a stack of astronomy books at him, commanding him to read them.

When Jeffrey refused to comply, she began reading aloud passages about stars, methodically dismantling his cherished beliefs.

Within just ten minutes, Kate had crushed the final fragments of hope in Jeffrey’s heart.

immaculately dressed. Previously, even when Moira had targeted him, he’d maintained a fondness for his cute and pretty stepsister. Because despite her spoiled nature, Kate had never

This was

door! I want to leave!” Jeffrey demanded, his voice hoarse. But Kate forced

unlatched the

unsatisfied, immediately pursued him, clutching his sleeve to

near the stairwell, and overwhelmed by grief, Jeffrey lost control and shoved her

push, Kate would tumble down

crimson, her small body

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that he clung to life by the thinnest

that day forward, the status of Jeffrey and Rachel in the household plummeted further, their worth sometimes valued less than Kate’s

blood, fortune favored her with mostly

she recovered and returned home