Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1179:

She dipped a cotton swab in water and gently traced it across his lips, her every movement laced with care.

Leif stepped into the room again. “Mrs. Burke, I’ve arranged for a caregiver—someone to handle the bandages, the cleaning…”

Yvonne didn’t even glance his way. Her answer was final. “I’ll do it myself.”

Leif let out a slow, exasperated sigh. There was nothing else to say.

Yvonne had poured herself wholly into Norton’s care, refusing to entrust even the smallest task to anyone else. Just watching her made Leif’s chest ache with quiet sympathy.

“Mr. Burke wouldn’t want to see you wear yourself out,” he murmured.

Yvonne only offered a faint smile. Her eyes were fixed on something far away. She turned back to Norton’s unconscious figure and replied with soft reproach, “Then he’d better wake up soon.”

she resumed her silent vigil—dipping a cotton swab in water with gentle precision and tracing it across his cracked lips like

changed his bandages, and kept a constant, unwavering watch over him. Hour after hour, she remained at his side, clinging to hope with quiet

toll was swift and merciless—her strength began to fade under the weight

afternoon, she sat by Norton’s bed, her head cradled in one hand, the other wrapped gently around his. Her gaze lingered on his handsome face—the

at her. She hadn’t rested properly in days, and in the stillness of

faintest movement beneath

eyes snapped open,

eyes. His blurred vision focused on her pallid face, and a flicker of pain crept into

moment she heard his voice, her composure shattered. Tears poured down

Ł@ŧëşŧ ÇĦ@þŦèŕş íń 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠.𝑐𝑜𝑚

her, his heart tightening. His voice dropped to

“Where? Let me

her palm with his fingertips in a playful

breathy laugh through