Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1117:

After a brief pause, Yvonne pulled out her phone and typed a message to Morse, saying, “Someone in my family’s been hospitalized. I’ll need to care for him during the day. Would it be possible to switch my work hours to the evening? I’ll make sure everything stays on track.” Once she hit send, she placed her phone beside her.

As the lead section editor of the Nature’s Essence column, Yvonne held a key role. With no one available to take over, shifting to night work seemed like the only solution.

Not long after, Edmond returned from washing up, and Yvonne quickly stood to assist him.

“Slow down,” she said gently, supporting him with the caregiver as they helped him back into bed.

Edmond teased, “I’m not that old. I can walk on my own, you know!”

“Of course you can. You’re still full of energy. I was just being overly cautious. You’ve got a long, happy life ahead of you,” said Yvonne with a smile.

They chatted quietly for a while, but eventually, Yvonne noticed his eyes beginning to close. Once she was sure he’d fallen asleep, she picked up her phone again.

already replied. “It’s alright. Take care of your family first. If you’re watching over him during the day and working at night, are you sure you can handle that? I haven’t found anyone to fill in for you yet, so you’ll need to tough it out for now. But if it

quiet sigh of relief and

extra pressure didn’t scare her. She believed she could manage both her

stretched out on the small cot meant for overnight family stays and quickly drifted off

time morning came, the sound of Edmond stirring brought her

over to see him pulling the blanket aside and trying

said, quickly sitting up to help. “And

asleep, so I didn’t want to disturb you,” Edmond replied. “I asked the caregiver to fetch me some water. I just

didn’t press the

of water. Yvonne asked him to stay with Edmond for a while, then stepped aside to call Edmond’s butler and

prepared a warm and nutritious

stayed by his side for the rest of the day, chatting with him, watching TV, and