Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 869

Chapter 869

Chapter 869:

That night, Rachel worked late into exhaustion, eventually falling asleep on the couch.

The living room was chilled by the air conditioning, and Allan stirred awake in the middle of the night. Noticing her curled up on the sofa, he got up, intending to grab a blanket from the bedroom to drape over her. But after just a few steps, his legs faltered beneath him.

Each step felt like treading on air—weightless, unsteady.

At first, he brushed it off as his imagination.

But after a week, one morning, he swung his legs over the edge of the bed only to realize he couldn’t move one of them. He forced himself to stand, but every step was a battle, his legs heavy as iron, resisting his every move.

Still, he gritted his teeth and pushed forward, making his way to the kitchen at a painstaking pace.

footsteps, Rachel glanced over her shoulder, her

mentioned craving fish yesterday. It’s

her into a firm embrace. Allan pressed his forehead

caught off

what’s wrong? Why are you suddenly

been together, he’d never clung to her like this before. His grip

worse. This morning,

long moment, Rachel said

turn. She

couldn’t even bring herself to cry out loud, her silent tears

𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 g𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫺𝖼𝗈𝗺

she finally steadied herself, she began to

could,

few days, there’s an important meeting, right? You and Lizzie should go. And