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.

second thought, he nodded, his voice firm. “Alright. I agree. From this moment on, we’re done. You’re free

that her nails nearly

faster than she had expected. She had assumed she’d feel a sense of relief, but there was

down, she knew—this time, there was no going back. There was nothing left between them. Everything they had built, every

many times she had braced herself for this, no matter how often she had repeated in her mind that this was the right choice, the actual moment was far more

a weak smile, her lips barely moving as she

I have one condition,” Brian said

that?”

where dreams

His eyes, dark and smoldering with something unreadable, locked onto hers.

to his first. If this was truly the last

the lead. His kisses had always been possessive, demanding. But this time, he was different—slower, gentler, as if he

could imprint her essence onto his soul, as if he could make her a

matched his intensity, her lips and tongue moving with his in a