Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 410:

Silence stretched between them, thick and heavy.

Finally, she spoke again, her voice steady. “Have you made your decision?”

Brian moved closer, his eyes bright and soft as he looked at her. “I remember you once said you loved children,” he murmured. “You wanted two, didn’t you?”

“Yes,” Rachel admitted without hesitation. “I once said that.” Back then, she had said those words to please him. But now, with everything ending, there was no reason to pretend anymore. She had no reason to hide the truth now.

“What if I told you I wouldn’t mind having kids?” Brian asked.

Rachel let out a faint smile. “Really? It doesn’t matter now, though. Because when I choose a husband, he’ll be someone who truly loves children.”

Brian’s expression stiffened. A sudden madness gripped him, like a wave crashing against his mind. How foolish had he been to think that merely agreeing to have children would be enough to make her stay? The thought was absurd.

voice firm. “Alright. I agree. From this moment on,

clenched her hands so tightly that

faster than she had expected. She had assumed she’d feel a sense of relief, but there was none. Instead, all she felt was a vast emptiness—loneliness,

there was no going back. There was nothing left between them. Everything they had built, every memory, would

her mind that this was the right choice, the actual moment was far more

weak smile, her lips barely moving as

Brian said as he took a

what’s that?”

is where

words, he pulled her into his arms. His eyes, dark and smoldering with something unreadable, locked onto hers. “Let

onto her toes, closed her eyes, and pressed her lips to his first. If this was truly the last time, she wouldn’t let

time, he was different—slower, gentler,

if he could imprint her essence onto his soul, as if he could make her a part of him. Her familiar

tongue