Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 329:

Trying to regain her composure, Rachel quickly stepped back, creating some space between them.

This move, however, only intensified Brian’s irritation.

He stepped forward, gripped her chin firmly, and lifted her face to meet his gaze. “Since when do you get to make decisions for me? What right do you have? Do I have to go along with whatever you say just because you think so?” Brian was indeed furious.

Rachel tightened her fists, trying to stay calm, and then looked him in the eye. “Would you like to hear the truth?”

“Go ahead.”

“It’s well-known you have a soft spot for Tracy Haynes. You would have agreed to her request eventually. So, whether I say yes or no, it won’t change a thing.”

With that, Rachel bowed her head slightly. Her posture was that of a subordinate facing a superior.

further. Hadn’t she been defiant just

found the drastic

few days, he had been questioning which

actually want me to go?” Brian looked deeply into her eyes and

question, Rachel let out

sway your decisions. I

had made herself perfectly

drop the matter that easily. He took a step closer, closing the distance. “You never even asked me.

don’t have

times to know exactly how it would go. There was no reason to put herself through that

resolve crumbled, and he couldn’t bring himself to walk away. So there was no point in asking this time either. The

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