Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 769:

The girl Allan spoke of was his younger sister, Lizzie Vance—someone he often mentioned. Whenever he talked about her, his expression softened, warmth filling his voice, making it clear how close they were.

“I’ve heard so much about her, but I’ve never actually met her. When she’s back, you have to introduce us.”

“Of course. She’s looking forward to it.”

Rachel blinked in surprise. “She knows about me?”

“Yeah, I’ve mentioned you before. She admires you and keeps saying she wants to meet you when she gets back.”

After all, Rachel’s brother, Jeffrey, had once been of great help to Lizzie, which was why Allan had intentionally brought up Rachel to her multiple times. Lizzie wasn’t aware of this, but with Jeffrey no longer around, it seemed only right for her to shift her gratitude from Jeffrey to Rachel. If anything, Allan truly hoped they could form a genuine friendship—someone to lean on when life got difficult.

mind felt weighed down.

neither too early nor too

in the first place, she wouldn’t have cared. But under these circumstances, knowing that Allan hadn’t shown up either—it might not sit well

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝖈𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗮 gⱯ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⩶𝖼𝗈𝗺

debating whether to

seemed to read her thoughts effortlessly. “Just say

you going to Brenda’s birthday

against his

Since

his fingers, then said decisively,

“Sounds good.”

unnoticed for long. Brenda’s assistant leaned in close

toward the entrance. “Really? I thought he said he was picking up Lizzie