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.

he snapped back to reality. He pushed off the

Do you even care about your health? Do you

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

almost like he was scared to hear the answer. Norton looked away. He couldn’t meet Brian’s

𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆: 𝗀ⱥ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝗍𝖊𝗅𝗌﹒ⅽ𝗈𝗺

him more restless. “Norton, you’re my closest friend. Please, just tell me. Is

be keeping you from telling me, afraid I’ll disturb

Brian was holding onto hope, desperate to believe in a

to

swallowed hard, his

but

he tell Brian that the love of his life was gone? It was too

had prepared himself, he