Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 156

“Al, let’s get some breath?”

The moment Russel showed up, Barbara quickly stood up, grabbed Alicia, and left. Both of them, like Stella, believed that Russel had a thing for me and even encouraged me behind my back to accept him. They thought it would not only piss off Neil, but also would get me a good man.

But of course, I flatly refused I didn’t want to exploit Russel’s feelings

The more genuine people are to me, the less I want to take advantage of them.

Dr. Russel you’re looking dashing today”” I complimented him sincerely

“How dashing am 17 Russel sat down beside me, asking with a smile.

In a teasing tone, I said, “So dashing that half of the young women in the room are sneaking peeks at you. Haven’t you noticed? Or are you shortsighted?” Russel glanced around the room. Indeed, there were many young women, all beautiful and affluent.

His gaze remained steady, then he turned to me, “What about you? Have you been sneaking peeks at me too?”

I awkwardly avoided his gaze. Of course, I had been watching him, but my watching was different from that of the other women. I was merely observing how popular Russel was.

With his good looks, I could not help but admire Bonnie for being the only one he liked in my past life.

Bonnie truly had a perfect alignment of time, place, and people in conquering Neil and Russel. Karina’s heart and her own tactics were both indispensable

In this life, Russel was not in love with Bonnie anymore but seemed interested in me

Although I felt a little embarrassed, deep down, I felt a bit triumphant. His liking me was proof that I was attractive.

say ‘sneaking a peek in our case, is it?” I answered with a

doesnt sound right indeed, Russel smiled. Didn’t you invite

family and the Whitmores have some business collaborations. Business isn’t like marriage; you can’t

it would definitely harm both

anyone from the Whitmore family could be seen as my moms deliberate provocation for

I invite him?” I retorted

chance of you two getting back together? Russel seemed to be

aren’t you aware of the

I believed Mitch must have mentioned it to

transplanted into Bonnie, a

I didn’t expect such a twist, I think Neil doesn’t

heart that important?”

hard to understand?” Instead of showing a look of contempt, Russel earnestly explained, “Suppose you love Neil deeply, and then he leaves you. Later you find out another man

to his words, trying to understand from his perspective. I

issues and were a loving couple, I would definitely feel the world falling apart if he

it s

five years, only for him to fall in love with Karina, whom he had just met I paid

“Hmm, you’re still young and have many choices. Start a

a new life, but before that, I needed to expose

with Russel, but I held back. Aside from Oscar, I

more people who know about it, the less safe

Bailey told me there was a birthday gift from Neil in the

I didn’t open it, just weighed it in my hands. It was

expression was complex. My dad, on the other hand, said outright, “We don’t want his gift. I’ll send

mom

got home, my dad sent Bailey to return Neil’s gift. It took

Whitmore wasn’t at the company His assistant took the gift and put it in his

asked, “By the