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.

how much he avoided Rachel, there were still social

an invitation

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

avoiding it forever. Sooner or later, they would run into each other. As long as

have Alban come get

“Okay.”

arrived right

few people there, and the

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

as she could, but after what felt like

the conversations,

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