Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 789:

The first person to step up and speak was someone Rachel deeply respected.

“Good morning, everyone. I know many of you were looking forward to hearing from Mr. White. Unfortunately, due to unexpected circumstances, he won’t be able to attend. So, I’ll be kicking things off instead.”

Rachel was taken aback. Was Brian actually the first speaker?

“Samira, can you hand me the agenda?” Rachel flipped open the booklet, and when she read the speaker lineup, she froze in surprise. It turned out Brian was indeed one of the featured guests.

Had he backed out because of what she said the day before?

That meant their meeting yesterday hadn’t been planned by him—it was purely coincidental.

Maybe because of this, whenever Brian was expected at an event, he sent Ronald in his place instead.

he avoided Rachel, there were still social events

invitation to

was upfront about it. “He’ll be there too. If you’re okay with that, let me know, and I’ll wait for you.

go with you.” There was no avoiding it forever. Sooner or later, they would

Alban come

“Okay.”

arrived right on

a few people there, and the

moment they stepped in, they were swept into an endless cycle of handshakes, introductions, and

smiling and engaging as best as she could, but after what felt

with the conversations, she subtly rubbed her lower

someone approached for another toast, Allan declined with a polite smile. “Sorry,