Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 720:

Brian remained firm. “Ronald, take her to handle the paperwork.”

Rachel stepped forward, speaking in a steady voice. “Brian, if you’re doing this because of me, there’s no need. I want to be clear with you. I have no resentment, no anger left. I’ve moved on.”

For a split second, Brian’s heart lifted with hope.

But her next words, spoken with quiet certainty, quickly extinguished it. “After this meal, let’s take it as a proper goodbye to the past. It’s time for both of us to move forward with our own lives.”

The car arranged by Ronald arrived quickly, right on time.

As Brian and Rachel walked toward it, Reba suddenly rushed over, her voice trembling with desperation. “Mr. White, please… I really need this job. Just give me one more chance.”

them and said, “I’ll get in the

slight nod before turning

to leave now. I won’t keep it from you anymore—when you first got this job, you had

in that instant, everything made sense. No wonder Brian had defended her that day when his mother had scolded her. Looking back, he hadn’t really been standing up for her

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of understanding. “Thank you for being

now, with the experience she had gained at

Rachel said in a light tone, “We’ll enjoy French food tonight, right?

to the first time he had taken her to dinner at a fancy French restaurant. That night, she had barely slept, feeling anxious and excited, afraid that

their first meal had started in a French restaurant, it

room. Rachel picked up the menu and, without hesitation, ordered the same dishes from that night. But this time, instead