Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 93

I tried to hold him back. “Don’t go, Dad You know I’ve had enough. I’ve decided to leave. A straight divorce is better for everyone. If things escalate, it won’t do our family any good, it’s not worth paying a heavy price for it”

I kept my cool, as I’ve been through this before

After my repeated persuasion, my dad chose to respect my decision. I breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, making the right request at the right time would get the desired result

If I had proposed a divorce before Neil and Bonnie’s affair was discovered, both sets of parents would definitely have persuaded me to think twice.

Fortunately, this happened when only a few people knew about my divorce lawsuit.

After ending the call, I hesitated for a moment and chose to call Russel back.

“Where are you? Russel’s tone sounded a bit worried, “Did you know that your mother–in–law talked to Bonnie?”

“I found out Neil called me and said if Bonnie gets into any trouble, I won’t have it easy either” I calmly replied while eating the food on my plate, “Do you also think I told his mom?”

Russel is Neils good friend. Naturally, he would side with Neil

In their eyes, I’ve always been someone who would do anything to get Neil.

Russel responded quickly, “No, I know it wasn’t you”

I was surprised and asked, “You believe me?”

his mom if you want a

you to believe me. Thank you” I felt

going to

told Russel that I had filed for divorce. There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a rustling noise. As if he was turning over

joking? Neil should receive the court’s notice in a few days. You’re his best friend; he’ll definitely tell you. But this might be bad news for you”

and I divorce, then Neil can be with Bonnie, which means it would be harder for Russel to pursue

bad news. It’s good” Russel lazily

I changed the

you know, I have no one to

a deep loneliness in Russel and asked curiously, “You could get a girlfriend. Don’t you like any women?”

wasn’t the type to open up to others, so I was

He answered

inexplicably excited.

not appropriate, Russel answered calmly

but because of Neil, he felt it wasn’t right to

inappropriate about it? As long as she’s not married, you still have a chance. But if you don’t try, you’re bound to miss her. Don’t you want to marry the woman you love? Just watch

still thought I badmouthed him to his mom, I might

silent for a while, then laughed and said, “You’re right. I got

it!” I

I didn’t want to call Neil back, so I just went

woke up groggily, reached under my pillow for my

opened Bonnie’s WhatsApp out of curiosity, wanting to see if she had posted any status updates, only to find out that she

said some harsh words Otherwise Bonnie wouldn’t have

about what she might have said, I noticed Bonnie had sent

pay enough attention to boundaries and caused misunderstandings. I’ve thought a lot in the past two days and reflected on myself I dare not meet anyone, and my parents probably don’t know about this. If they knew, they would definitely be devastated, so I chose to disappear