Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1118:

Seeing their understanding left Yvonne with a quiet sense of gratitude. Her teammates’ kindness meant more than she could express.

With a quick breath to center herself, she turned her attention to the screen. The soft light from the laptop highlighted the exhaustion on her face as she dove into her list of tasks—reviewing article drafts, finalizing project proposals, and giving the go-ahead on illustrations that had been left pending. Her inbox was packed.

To shake off the fatigue, she took a short break and splashed cold water on her face in the bathroom, then returned to her desk and resumed working. Task by task, she pushed through the hours, and by the time the city had grown quiet and still, she had finally cleared her to-do list.

When morning came, she rose early once again and followed Edmond’s daily routine without missing a beat.

Each day passed in the same demanding rhythm, and slowly, Yvonne’s body began to reflect the toll it was taking.

Still, every time she saw Edmond smiling, her energy returned just enough to keep going.

One evening, after she and Edmond finished dinner and she switched on the TV for him, Yvonne’s phone buzzed with a new notification. It was a message from Margie. “We need your signature on the final draft. It’s urgent.”

good spirits, and quickly sent a message, saying, “Understood. I’m on my

to handle at the office. I’ll be back as

to the caregiver, she added, “Please keep an eye on him while I’m

her, she stepped outside and hailed a cab

her feel faint, but she held on. After a long wait,

her colleagues had already left for

she neared her workspace, her

favorite stories

reached for the edge of her desk, gripping it tightly to stay upright, then lowered herself into the

intending to head out—but a rush of dizziness swept over her, nearly knocking

before everything went black, the last image

fading into the background just as she began to regain consciousness. When she slowly opened her eyes, the familiar sight