Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1073:

Maybe he was just exhausted. He hadn’t even woken at his usual time. He washed up, feeling oddly calm. The irritation from the day before had dulled with sleep. He headed downstairs.

He ate slowly, chewing each bite with quiet deliberation, his eyes drifting toward the staircase more often than the plate in front of him. By now, Yvonne should’ve come down. She was always up by this time.

What was going on today? He tried to shake the unease and continued eating.

But even as it neared the time Yvonne usually left for work, she still hadn’t appeared. His patience began to wear thin. He waved Zola over. “Zola, why hasn’t Yvonne come down yet?” he asked, frowning.

Zola blinked, surprised. “She left early this morning. Didn’t she tell you? I heard her on the phone—she said she’d already informed the family. She’s on a business trip. Abroad, I think!”

“Abroad?” Norton froze, caught off guard. Yvonne hadn’t said a word to him.

his plate aside. After a long pause, he pulled out his

went directly to

lingering, and now she’d

phone in silence, then glanced down at the untouched breakfast.

from the table, he moved to leave, jaw tense with quiet

stepped forward, looking

glance.

“Last night, Mrs. Burke prepared a fruit platter just for you. You didn’t eat

the hint of reproach in

the chapters at

offered to help, but she said she wanted to do it on her own and brought it

sank in. He thought back to the previous night. It wasn’t a dream. He really had