Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 838:

It was as if she had been waiting for that voice, hoping someone would ask her to stay.

But she quickly realized she had only been imagining it.

Allan remained silent.

“Mom! Mom! Hold on!”

Trudy turned around in surprise at the voice. Lizzie ran up to her.

“Mom, why don’t you stay and have dinner with us?”

Trudy’s gaze instinctively shifted to Allan, but he said nothing. She gently patted Lizzie’s hand.

about to leave. If I stay any longer,

and could only watch as her mother’s figure slowly faded into the

Trudy was gone, the banquet hall’s lively chatter and

back into his seat and

“Are you alright?”

small nod, forcing a

availabl3

expect

let out a sigh,

when I was a kid, so I didn’t expect her to come either. Maybe Lizzie told

though a strange unease settled in her

wasn’t real, but Trudy seemed to believe otherwise. And now, with all the extravagant gifts—the jewelry that looked fit for royalty, the massive estate, and, most importantly, the family’s

all she could do was take things one

brought Rachel to

villa was luxurious, situated right in the heart of the city. Every detail of the