Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 973:

Relaxing after the meal, she reclined contentedly and savored a sip of wine.

Turning to Norton, she expressed her gratitude. “Thank you, Norton. Tonight’s dinner was delightful.”

Norton responded with few words, his smile conveying his pleasure.

He thought to himself how simple it was to make her happy at times. Later, Yvonne enjoyed some fruit prepared by their housekeeper and browsed through her phone, feeling quite pleased.

Norton was the first to head upstairs.

Yvonne speculated that he might be either taking a shower or attending to some work.

Shortly thereafter, he returned downstairs.

Yvonne looked up, startled by the sound of footsteps. “What brought you back down so soon?”

one step at a

his throat

responded, “Yes?

“You seem really

his breaths

your mind?”

he responded

speechless. “Well, if there’s nothing—” But before she could finish her

encased in black tulle, creating

was so large that it obscured her

𝓕𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓾𝓹𝓵𝓸𝓪𝓭: gⲁⳑ𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⍰𝓬𝓸𝓶

Yvonne was

awkward behavior was simply his way

me?” she asked, still in