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.

only confirmed his

believed she had been violated by that man, and his rage knew

out, his fury unleashed with every punch and kick, each strike delivered with

by Brian’s kick, then

the door, then the

blood, his

arrived, this was the carnage

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hurried over.

thought of Natalia being tormented, coupled with

Rachel’s presence gradually pulled him back

forward, he embraced Rachel. “I’m sorry for putting you in life-threatening danger. And for letting

stepped back, creating a buffer

for coming to her rescue today. After all this,

that, Rachel walked past him without a