Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 425:

Then, something no one saw coming—Tracy suddenly reached out and shoved Natalia, hard.

“Brian, do you…” Natalia broke off abruptly.

She lost her footing entirely.

Before she could regain her balance, her heel slipped, and with a startled gasp, she toppled straight into the swimming pool behind her.

“Natalia!” Rachel’s panicked scream tore through the air as she bolted forward, ready to dive in.

But Brian caught her wrist, stopping her. “Are you insane? Stay back and don’t do anything stupid!”

Rachel’s fury boiled over, her voice shaking. “Have you lost it? Do you even realize what just happened? She can’t swim! Are you going to watch her die?”

“And what about you? You can’t swim either!” Brian’s sharp words snapped Rachel out of her reckless impulse.

right—she

bitter memory surfaced—she had first met Brian when he saved her from nearly

had clouded

water. With

breath evening out

Brian’s words stuck in

swim, that she would be the one drowning if she jumped

it, Natalia’s frantic

hands reaching out in a desperate plea. Brian

distance wasn’t an issue—he could reach her in seconds. But Natalia had never been in a situation like this before. She panicked and choked on mouthfuls

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stay calm! Stop struggling!” Rachel shouted, pacing frantically

of concern. “Rachel, relax. Miss Carpenter will be

she supposed to do

don’t you jump in instead of standing there and running your mouth? If anything happens to her, I swear you won’t get away with

had probably never seen Rachel this furious before. For a