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.

glanced over her shoulder, her face lighting

made eggs with my own recipe—try it. Oh, and you mentioned craving fish yesterday. It’s on the stove now. Just a

before she could turn back to the stove, an arm slipped around her waist, pulling her into

caught off

wrong? Why are you suddenly acting

clung to her like

This

a long moment, Rachel said

didn’t turn. She

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began to form the words

she could,

meeting, right? You and Lizzie should go. And when you’re back… let’s go together