Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 710:

That had caught her completely off guard. Maybe, she thought, the rumors about him weren’t entirely true.

Right now, however, frustration gripped her as she quickly spoke to Debby. “I’m sorry. It was my mistake.”

“You don’t have to apologize.”

A firm, familiar voice suddenly broke the tension. Brian pushed himself up and sat straight. His gaze landed on Reba first.

“You did nothing wrong. There’s no need to be afraid.”

Then, turning to Debby, he added, “I told her to help me back to the office. She’s timid—don’t intimidate her.”

Debby looked at him in shock. “Brian, are you seriously defending her?”

his fingers against his temples before shifting his gaze back to

he stared at her familiar face, old

There was a time

just like Reba—shy and innocent. No matter how much his mother made things difficult for her, she

never once defended

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at her most vulnerable, he had remained cold and distant, offering nothing

with that same expression, that same scene unfolding before him, he couldn’t just stand

take care of my own affairs. I

clouded with disappointment. “Are you really

sighed and shook

course not. It wasn’t about Reba; she wasn’t the reason for this divide. It was just that in Reba, he saw echoes of Rachel—the woman he had failed. Maybe by helping Reba, he could ease the guilt that had weighed on him