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.

the sound sharp against the elevator floor. “Yvonne, I won’t let you go!” she snarled, her voice

with thunder in her heels and venom in her

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

air felt warmer. Norton entered, carrying a meal box. Yvonne was still glued to the TV, barely

eat,”

eyes still on the screen.

replied as he unfolded the small table and began unpacking. “He’s doing

shifted, a spark of lightness returning to her face.

eager glint in her eyes. He handed her a fork. “Here.

need a second invitation.

heart of

too late to leave—and she hadn’t wanted to alarm Edmond, so she planned to visit him soon. Now that he was on the mend and almost ready to leave, the knot in her chest had loosened. She dug into her

table with a smile, content just to see

quiet hum of a cozy café, Shelly sat by