Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 467:

Rachel pressed her lips together, unwilling to respond. There was nothing to say.

She understood what he meant.

Yes, they were different. Tracy was the woman he cherished, the one he would risk his life to protect. And she? Rachel was just a subordinate, someone who had stood by his side for years but could be cast aside whenever it suited him.

She had long since stopped deceiving herself into believing she could compare to Tracy.

But she had no desire to repeat those painful truths aloud.

Each time she did, it felt like reopening an old wound, cutting deeper than before.

She couldn’t endure it anymore.

“Mr. White, you should go back.”

determined to pry

Then, before she could pull away, his grip tightened once

you. If you truly weren’t worried, then why did you come here in the middle of the night? Rachel, look

in her chest, an inexplicable

and offered a smile. “Natalia has acknowledged me as her sister and requested her father arrange employment for Jeffrey. I’m deeply appreciative. That’s why I personally prepared some soup and brought it

expectation

with .

cold snort, his tone crystallizing. “She values relationships, unlike certain individuals.” The

teeth and withstood the

would you please release

condition had deteriorated alarmingly, and she feared imminent

dreaded even more that he might detect something amiss with her. “Is your

pulse faltered momentarily, and she hastily withdrew her

he