Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 457:

A quiet stillness settled over the room.

Wilson straightened the stack of documents on his desk, while Rachel remained standing beside him, maintaining a quiet, respectful posture, not daring to take a seat.

A few moments later, Wilson’s assistant entered with two cups of coffee.

He set one cup in its usual place on Wilson’s desk and handed the other to Rachel. “Miss Marsh, please enjoy.”

“Thank you,” Rachel said politely.

“You may go now,” Wilson said to his assistant.

“Understood.”

The assistant left, carefully shutting the door behind him but leaving a slight gap.

Yet, Wilson remained silent.

crept into Rachel’s chest, making her heartbeat quicken. She couldn’t help but marvel at how one could

hands wrapped around

seemed to stretch endlessly until Wilson finally broke the silence. “Miss Marsh, if you wait any longer, your

voice, Rachel steadied

took a quiet sniff, then brought the cup to her lips and sipped

“battles” she had witnessed alongside Brian, as they

down effortlessly. His deep voice carried a quiet authority. “Miss Marsh, I assume you’re not just here for Natalia—you’re

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slightly

expected him to be so

accuracy caught her completely

ex, isn’t he?

words were blunt and