Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1108:

She glanced around at the sea of shocked faces. Even she was stunned. Now Norton wanted to make their relationship public?

She reached up, tugging gently at his tie—just enough to bring him down to her level. His pupils darkened at her boldness, his breath catching ever so slightly.

He bent his head. “Yes?” he murmured, almost amused.

Yvonne leaned in, her lips barely brushing his ear. “What are you doing here?” she whispered.

Her breath sent a shiver down his spine.

His gaze flicked to her lips, then back up. “Why? Disappointed I came to get you?”

Their quiet exchange finally snapped the crowd out of its daze—and then chaos erupted.

“Did he say wife?”

is married to Norton Burke?” The disbelief was palpable as

the crowd, Shelly

in her ears. Yvonne and Norton were married. It now

across

dug into her palm as she stared at the couple, her face

“I won’t let you win.

venomous gaze locked onto them as she downed glass

back, drowning

approached—easygoing, casual,

the glittering ballroom, his sallow cheeks betraying years of excess that had hollowed

hunger that made her skin crawl. Reaching for her hand, which

Lɒtєst ϲh𝒶ptєrs ιn g𝓪lnovеℓ𝓈.𝗰𝗼𝗺

with a tight smile. “Mr. Carter,” she said, her voice sharp as she yanked

cool distance only fueled his fixation, like a moth drawn to a flame it