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.

were still social

received an invitation to a

If you’re okay with that,

Rachel had made up her mind. “I’ll go with you.” There was no avoiding it forever. Sooner or later, they would run into each

Alban come get

“Okay.”

arrived right

knew quite a few people there, and the room buzzed with conversations about

stepped in, they were swept into an endless cycle of handshakes, introductions, and polite small talk, leaving little

best as she could, but after what felt like hours in her stiff new heels, her feet ached, and her back

conversations, she subtly

a polite smile. “Sorry, give us about