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.

her shoulder,

fish yesterday. It’s on the stove now. Just a few more minutes, and it’ll be perfect.” Her

arm slipped around her waist, pulling her into

stiffened, caught off

what’s wrong? Why are you suddenly acting

like this before. His grip tightened slightly, his voice barely above

my condition’s getting worse. This morning, I

a long moment, Rachel said

didn’t turn. She didn’t

out loud, her silent tears falling into the pot

𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 g𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫺𝖼𝗈𝗺

finally steadied herself, she began to form the words to

could,

an important meeting, right? You and Lizzie should go. And when you’re back… let’s go together and get a wheelchair custom-made. What do