Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 376:

Yvonne didn’t know what to say. Happy? What was there to be happy about? This was a nightmare.

Even if she hadn’t planned on helping Rachel, she had been looking forward to a few peaceful days to herself.

With Norton around, she had barely had a moment to breathe. She was constantly catering to his demands just to win his approval for working outside.

It was exhausting. Humiliating, even.

Now that he was finally away on a business trip, she had been savoring her freedom. But before she could fully enjoy it, he was already coming back?

With a smile that looked more heartbreaking than actual tears, Yvonne asked, “Didn’t you say the project was complicated and would take at least a week? Why are you back so soon?”

“Things went unexpectedly well,” he replied casually.

was at a

you then,” Norton added before hanging

Yvonne’s voice was

job?” Norton’s tone was calm, almost indifferent, as if

she wouldn’t think twice about slapping that smug

so quiet?” Norton

have something important to do. Whether you see it as

smirk, his voice as sharp as ice. “Is that so? You should know by now. Yvonne—I’ve never

time you tried,” she shot back. “Who knows? One good deed might actually

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unfazed. “No need. My life is already

out on the spot.

serious. I really have something important to take care

possibly be more

“Well, it’s just that—”