Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 454:

“Yeah. Did you call the police?” Rachel asked.

Jeffrey gave a small nod.

Rachel studied him for a moment, relieved to see his usual composed expression.

Good. That meant he hadn’t overheard her breakup with Brian.

If he had, he would have bombarded her with endless questions.

“By the way, I couldn’t hear everything from my room earlier. What was that woman so worked up about? It looked like she was begging you for something,” Jeffrey asked.

Rachel stiffened, her back going rigid.

After a pause, she carefully asked, “You heard all that?”

“Not really, just bits and pieces. She was clinging to you, blocking your way, even dropping to her knees. I was worried she might try something drastic,” Jeffrey said.

over and gave

need to worry about.

to hear,” Jeffrey said

made a pot of

she carefully packed some to bring

are you going?”

something to take care of. I might be back late, so don’t wait up. Just go to sleep if you’re tired,”

agreed without

the Carpenter family’s estate, she immediately noticed

ɯoɔ.slǝʌou˥ɐƃ uo sǝɐsǝɹ lɐıɔıɟɟo

do you want? Get out of here!” one of the guards

pulled out her phone and called Natalia, but the call

try again, an

she greeted Rachel with unexpected

“Are you Ms. Marsh?”

am,”

with me. Miss Carpenter instructed that if you arrived,