Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1134:

Malvina stared at the screen, frozen. Her legs gave out slightly, and she dropped into her seat, dazed. It was over. She knew Morse wouldn’t let her off easily this time.

“I—I didn’t mean to,” she stammered. “It was Heidi! She dragged me into this! You know I wouldn’t do something like this on my own!”

Morse crossed his arms, unmoved. “You broke company policy and tried to sabotage a colleague. We’ll be terminating your employment and launching a formal investigation.”

“You can’t do this to me!” Malvina cried, tears spilling down her cheeks. “Please! It was all Heidi! Just investigate her! Please don’t fire me!”

But Morse was done. “Heidi’s no longer with the company. And she’ll be reported to the authorities,” he said flatly. “As for you—this decision is final. There’s nothing more to say.”

Yvonne watched without a flicker of sympathy. Justice had been served.

Morse sighed, rubbing his temples. “Meeting adjourned.”

over to Yvonne, giving her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. “Yvonne,

small smile. She walked out without even looking

after, Malvina was escorted out of the office, carrying a cardboard box of her things. Her head hung low as she crept along the hallway walls, the arrogance she once wore like armor now gone without

the chaos wasn’t over. Not long after, the office doors banged open. A disheveled woman

in stunned

wild, desperate—nothing like the poised co-worker they once knew. Her eyes

instinctively stepped in front of her, especially the men, forming a wall between her and Yvonne, unsure of what she might

giving him a reassuring smile. Then she stepped forward, walking

imagination takes flight on

streamed down her face as

I swear I’ll never do it again! Don’t

silence. Some of their coworkers looked away, uncomfortable. A few exchanged nervous glances. Seeing their once-composed colleague reduced to this wreck was

Heidi wailed, lunging forward to