Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 623:

“Of course, I am. I’m a Carpenter—I always bounce back.”

“Yes, Miss Carpenter, welcome home,” Brian teased with a small smirk. For a brief moment, it felt like they had gone back in time.

Natalia stepped out of the car and tapped lightly on the window. “Brian, step out for a second.”

Without overthinking it, he unfastened his seatbelt and got out.

Under the moon’s soft glow, Brian stood before her, his silhouette blurred yet striking. Natalia took a deep breath and finally said, “Give me a hug.”

“That wouldn’t be appropriate,” he refused gently.

you never even gave me a real hug,” Natalia

her arms around him, holding on tightly

I’m closer to Rachel than I am to you.

Natalia’s

so easily back then wasn’t because of my begging. It was because Rachel stepped in and had a tough conversation with him. She took all the punishment for you, without telling us a

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cellar. Rachel was in there for an entire hour. And…” Natalia’s voice wavered, overcome by the memory. “She was relentlessly punished with

he wouldn’t let anyone who put me in danger get away lightly unless they could quell his wrath. So, Brian, it

for you, and you never noticed. Now that she’s your

moon and sighed deeply. “Honestly, I’m luckier than Rachel. I can let go of you and start over whenever I

like a bolt from the blue. “Natalia,