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

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

had clouded

this,” Brian said before diving straight into the water.

her breath

words stuck in

she couldn’t swim, that she would be the one drowning

could dwell on it, Natalia’s frantic screams shattered the moment.

reaching out in a desperate plea. Brian pushed through the water, swimming toward her as fast as he

But Natalia had never been in a situation like this before. She panicked and choked on mouthfuls of

𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖋𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 ⸮

stay calm! Stop struggling!” Rachel shouted, pacing

act of concern. “Rachel, relax. Miss Carpenter

Seriously? How was she supposed to do

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

probably never seen Rachel this furious before. For a