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?”

temples before shifting

her familiar face, old

was a time when another woman had stood by his

been just like Reba—shy and innocent. No matter how much his mother made things difficult for her, she never fought back. Instead, she simply lowered her head and

had never

𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊: 𝖌ⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫺𝖼𝗈𝗆

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

same scene unfolding

if there’s nothing else, please go home. I can take care of

face clouded with disappointment. “Are you really

and shook

wasn’t the reason for this divide. It was just that in Reba, he saw echoes of Rachel—the woman