Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 745:

Brenda found herself captivated by this bold approach—the rare ability to shatter norms and pioneer fresh perspectives. At that moment, she recognized something hauntingly familiar: the articulate conviction, the radiant self-assurance glowing in Rachel’s eyes. It mirrored her youthful brilliance, that unshakable confidence she hadn’t experienced in years.

Strangely, she’d rediscovered it in Rachel.

Yet Brenda’s curiosity veered toward a different question. “Your profile suggests you’re quite young,” she said, her tone measured. “How did you arrive at such forward-thinking ideas? A woman of your age should still be chasing romantic ideals, shouldn’t she?”

“Experience,” Rachel responded, her tone pared down to essential honesty.

Brenda’s head tilted upward, her gaze narrowing faintly as she searched for the unspoken truth behind that single syllable.

there’s no need to hide it from you. If you had looked closer at my resume, you would have seen that I marked ‘divorced’ under marital

visibly taken aback, stared at her with wide eyes. “I see,” she said slowly, as if processing the revelation. “I didn’t mean to pry into your personal matters. I truly didn’t intend for this to

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the document with growing bewilderment. The memory remained vivid—Allan’s enthusiastic agreement when she’d reached out about employment, his casual mention of referral incentives at his company, and the painstaking process of

the pen requiring conscious courage. At the time,

mention. Everything else was just as she had originally filled it out, but that one crucial

was no mistake there. The realization sank in slowly,

apologize. It seems I may have misremembered,” she said, her voice steady but laced with a touch

professional grace. The omission made practical sense—why would any