Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1126:

He halted mid-step, exasperation plain now. With a flick of his fingers, he gestured to the bodyguards behind him. “Throw her out.”

Before she could react, two guards stepped forward, each seizing an arm. “Wait—what?! Norton!” she shrieked, twisting in their grip. “You can’t be serious!”

But Norton didn’t spare her a second glance. He walked straight into Yvonne’s hospital room, as if Shelly had already ceased to exist.

“Let me go!” Shelly howled after him, rage overtaking her carefully crafted sorrow.

She kicked and struggled, but the guards were stone-faced.

They marched her to the elevator, waited for the doors to slide open, and then shoved her inside like yesterday’s trash.

Alone now, Shelly seethed. Norton’s cold indifference played in her mind like a looping nightmare. Her face twisted with jealousy.

her foot, the sound sharp against the elevator floor. “Yvonne, I won’t let

stepped out with thunder in her heels and

to her phone. A cold smile curled on her lips as she dialed. “Hello, Heidi? We’ve got

hospital room, the air felt warmer. Norton entered, carrying a meal

eat,”

still on the screen. “Has Edmond

the small table and began unpacking. “He’s doing fine. Should be discharged in a couple of

spark of lightness returning to her face. “Then

He handed

second invitation. She was

heart

wasn’t serious, she’d stayed overnight to finish her treatment. By early morning, it had been too late to leave—and she hadn’t wanted to alarm Edmond, so she planned to visit him

with a smile, content

the quiet hum of a cozy café, Shelly sat by the window, flanked