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.

I agree. From this moment on, we’re

her hands so tightly that her nails

relief, but there

them. Everything they had built, every memory, would soon fade

in her mind that this was the right choice,

forced a weak smile, her lips barely moving as she whispered the

Brian said as

that?”

where

could process his words, he pulled her into his arms. His eyes, dark and smoldering with something unreadable, locked

lips to his first. If this

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

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

intensity, her lips and tongue moving with his in a