Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1136:

They had promised to keep her identity as his wife under wraps, hadn’t they? She kept the rest of her thought to herself, dreading an answer she wasn’t ready to hear.

To her surprise, Norton met her with a smile, his voice soft but firm. “You want me to play it quiet while they drag your name through the dirt? You’re my wife, Yvonne. Anyone who messes with you, messes with me. You think I’d just let that slide? Besides, things have changed.”

Her heart jolted unexpectedly, and she found herself drawn to his face. Their eyes met, and only then did she see the quiet warmth in his expression. Somehow, the chill she once saw in him had faded.

She looked away, unsettled by the warmth she hadn’t expected.

Norton didn’t notice. As far as he was concerned, she was being her usual headstrong self—too proud to lean on anyone, even him.

Together, they walked off, unaware that Heidi was trailing them from a distance. She lingered behind, her eyes burning with resentment. After failing to earn Yvonne’s forgiveness, she had left the office in haste.

to leave a trace. Keeping to the fringes, she followed silently. The sting of Yvonne’s cold dismissal still pulsed in her memory. Gritting her teeth, she made a vow—to wipe that look off Yvonne’s face

her schedule consistent and her life tightly ordered. Yet a strange sensation crept into her days—a sense of being

quiet room, her heart ticking faster,

sighed and

broke the stillness, his smile gentle, eyes quietly searching hers. He had stepped out of his office just in time to catch the troubled crease in

sensation of being watched nearly disappeared. She gave a small shake of

away the thought of going back, she pivoted to

now on

the subtle tension in her shoulders, approached with a gentle smile. “If anything confuses you, just

the scattered documents on her desk. Finding nothing out of the ordinary, he finally accepted her reassurance. She returned his kindness with a warm smile. With