Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 688:

Her smile was radiant, her eyes shining with happiness as she stretched out her hand toward him.

He smiled back and gently slid the ring onto her finger. Then, he held out his hand, waiting for her to do the same.

But the wait felt endless.

In reality, the hospital room was filled with the sound of labored breathing under an oxygen mask, the sharp beeping of machines, the unstable rhythm of the heart monitor…

Tears slipped down his face, one after another.

Even as his body weakened, his mind stayed in that dream, holding onto the vision of her—beautiful and radiant. He didn’t want to wake up.

“Mr. White, I need to check on you,” the doctor said quickly.

“Leave!” Brian yelled.

an instant, everything came back to him, and he snapped back to reality. He pushed off the blanket and tried

you out of your mind? You just woke up. Do you even care about your health? Do you know how much

to Norton, his eyes full of hope and fear. “Where is she? Is she

was scared to hear the answer. Norton looked

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you’re my closest friend. Please, just tell me. Is

see me, right? And Yvonne… she must be keeping you from telling me, afraid I’ll disturb Rachel. But I won’t… I won’t go right away, I promise. Just tell me she’s awake, Norton. I can wait a few days before I

Brian was holding onto hope, desperate to believe in a

refused to accept anything

hard, his body

but

that the love of his life was

how much he had prepared himself, he