Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 438:

He draped the coat over her nonetheless. She merely gazed at him with serene eyes, then silently let the coat slide to the floor beside her. All the while, she remained silent, hugging herself tightly and staring blankly at the coat on the floor.

Brian’s voice was thick with emotion. “Natalia, are you alright? I… I’m sorry; this is all my fault.”

He covered his face with his hands, his shoulders heaving as he was wracked with sobs. In that moment, he was engulfed in regret. His goal had been to push her away, to extinguish her feelings for him. He simply wanted her to awaken to her own life.

However, he never anticipated such a horrific event would befall her. True, his feelings were not romantic, but he had known her for years.

In his heart, she was like a sister.

How could his heart not break? How could he not blame himself?

“Natalia, can you say something to me?”

Brian bent down, crouching in front of her, his voice threaded with caution.

But Natalia remained silent.

silence only confirmed

violated by that man, and his rage

unleashed with every punch and kick, each strike delivered with merciless

sent flying by Brian’s kick, then slammed back

the door, then

was spitting blood, his body battered

arrived, this

M𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓅𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝑔𝒶𝓁𝓃𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓈.𝒸𝑜𝓂

hurried

coupled with his own sense of guilt, made him loathe himself

gradually pulled him

putting you in life-threatening danger. And

his shoulder, then quickly stepped back, creating

coming to her rescue today. After all this, she and I just want a quiet, simple life. So, I hope you and Tracy

walked past him without