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.”

to pry his

pull away, his

“I don’t believe you. If you truly weren’t worried, then why did you come here in the middle of the

in her chest, an inexplicable tugging sensation that swelled within

sister and requested her father arrange employment for Jeffrey. I’m deeply appreciative. That’s why I personally prepared some soup and brought it for them to enjoy.

expectation illuminating

with .

“She values relationships, unlike certain individuals.” The implication hung unmistakably in the

weight descending upon her heart. She clenched her teeth

White, would you

had deteriorated alarmingly, and

something amiss with her. “Is your hand so cold?”

pulse faltered momentarily, and

time, he relinquished