Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 726:

Instead of avoiding him, she walked straight toward him.

Brian, as direct as ever, wasted no time getting to the point. “I don’t regret hitting him,” he said flatly. “He let you down. If anything, I went easy on him. I didn’t think he’d be so fragile—just a few hits, and his nose was already broken.”

Rachel’s anger flared. “Oh, so I’m supposed to thank you for not hitting him harder?”

Seeing Rachel’s frustration, Brian quickly backed down. “Alright, alright, it’s my fault. If it bothers you that much, I won’t hit him next time.”

But instead of calming her down, his choice of words only made her angrier. She crossed her arms and glared at him. “What do you mean by ‘if it bothers me’? That’s not the point! Resorting to violence is wrong, no matter what.”

Brian muttered under his breath, frustration creeping into his voice. “But Trey hit me too. Why don’t you say anything to him? You’re obviously taking his side.”

Rachel was so exasperated she didn’t even know how to respond.

she huffed. “I have nothing

shook off his hand and strode ahead, not

hurried to catch up,

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don’t be mad. I didn’t mean it that

she snapped without slowing

wasn’t about to give up. He quickly ran in front of her, blocking her path with his arm. “I know I was wrong,” he said earnestly. “I swear, even if Trey beats me to a pulp, I won’t fight back. Whatever it takes—just don’t be mad at me. And don’t leave.” His voice had never sounded so

small sound from her nose—half a scoff, half a huff—but didn’t say another

meant she had forgiven him or if she was still upset, so he didn’t dare

raised

forward but hesitated at the last second, deciding against

he quickly flagged