Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 407

Chapter 407:

However, when he reached the most grievously injured areas, Rachel flinched.

“Does it hurt?” Brian inquired.

Abandoning any pretense, Rachel whispered, “It hurts a lot.”

Knowing her aversion to pain, he advised, “Then look at me.”

“Why should I? You’re not a doctor. Looking at you won’t lessen the pain…”

Her protest was cut short as he kissed her, leaving her mind momentarily blank.

When she came to her senses, she struggled, but his embrace was firm, his kiss so deep it seemed as though he wished to consume her entirely. In her indignation, she momentarily forgot the sting of her burns. Only after he had finished applying the ointment did he release her lips.

By then, the skin of her lips had split from her biting, and blood trickled down in thin streams.

Rachel had bitten them.

ruthless,” Brian teased with a

“You provoked me.”

the burns indeed appeared well treated. So, he had kissed her

push her. Why didn’t you explain to me?”

from him was far more useful than any explanation she could have given. And yet, he let her be misunderstood, standing by

her, not even the slightest bit of compassion. If it had been Tracy in her place, he wouldn’t have hesitated to step in. He would’ve defended her without a

for Rachel? Was she nothing more than

her gaze. “Thank you for your help.

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her wrist. “Avoiding the topic? Why won’t

enjoy seeing me humiliated? Do you get some twisted satisfaction out of watching me be misunderstood and trampled on? Or am

Brian hard, like sharp nails driven straight into his chest. He had never once seen it from

just… I wanted you to come to me, to ask

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