Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 363:

Rachel was about to disconnect when Brian clenched his jaw and muttered, “Dare you hang up on me?”

However, the only response was silence. She had hung up on him.

Following their conversation, Rachel felt her appetite vanish. She had barely managed a few spoonfuls of her food when her hospital room door suddenly burst open. Brian’s figure appeared in the doorway.

Caught off guard, Rachel halted her spoon in midair. “How did you manage to find me here?”

“I have my ways,” Brian responded as he approached and took a seat next to her. Noticing her reluctance to eat, he inquired softly, “Lost your appetite, have you?”

“Somewhat,” she admitted honestly.

“Is there something particular you’d feel like eating? I can go get it for you.”

To her surprise, Brian offered it on his own initiative.

her

for a

“Nachos?”

She continued to refuse.

shrimp, then?” he

to ignore

puzzled expression crossed his face. “Aren’t these your old favorites?” Exhaling a deep sigh, she turned to him. “Do you understand

it. I was always the one nursing you back to health. Did you ever do the same for me? It’s

words tried to excuse his neglect, yet

had only wanted to lift her spirits with her favorite foods, prepared just right, without the

your

to speak had

it’s perhaps expected you wouldn’t know how to reciprocate. Please, just go.” Her

pushed him away. “You need to eat something nutritious. I can arrange for more

was a disinterested

evident