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.

the fork before pushing his plate aside. After a long pause,

call went

issue was still lingering, and now she’d left on a business trip—without telling him. Did she care about him

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

table, he moved to leave,

forward,

caught her glance. “Is something

up gently. “Last night, Mrs. Burke prepared a fruit platter just for you. You didn’t eat any of it.” She paused,

of reproach in

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help, but she said she wanted

brows slowly furrowed as her words sank in. He thought back to the previous night. It wasn’t a dream. He really had heard her voice at