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.”

Edmond, who was still alert and in good spirits, and quickly sent a

handle at the office. I’ll be back as soon as I can,” she told him with a reassuring

caregiver, she added, “Please keep an eye on him while

outside and hailed a cab to

feel faint, but she held on. After a

office was quiet. Most of her

she neared her workspace, her vision suddenly

favorite stories

reached for the edge of her desk, gripping it tightly to stay upright, then lowered herself into the chair. The document lay waiting for her. With trembling fingers, she picked up a pen and signed

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

went black, the last image she saw was Ethan running

she began to regain consciousness. When she slowly opened her eyes, the familiar sight of a white