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 where their

Wednesday, Allan received an invitation to a business cocktail

him and was upfront about it. “He’ll be there too. If you’re okay with that, let me know, and I’ll wait for you. If not,

forever. Sooner or later, they would run into each other. As long as their meetings weren’t intentional, she figured she

have Alban come

“Okay.”

seven, they arrived right

few people there, and the room buzzed

in, they were swept into an endless cycle of handshakes,

stood beside him, smiling and engaging as best as she could, but after what felt like hours in her stiff

with the conversations,

toast, Allan declined with a polite smile. “Sorry, give us about half