Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 221

I was planning to have a simple dinner with Russel, trying to calm the roller-coaster of emotions I was feeling today, but things didn’t go according to plan.

“Russel, you’re eating here?” A woman barged into our sightline. She looked a bit younger than me, with a sweet oval face.

I recognized that voice. It was the same voice of the woman who answered Russel’s phone this morning.

I didn’t speak and just silently stared at Russel.

Russel gave me a quick glance. He seemed to relax a bit after seeing that I had no particular reaction. He answered coldly, “Yes. I’m having dinner with my girlfriend.”

The woman immediately turned to me and gave me a gentle smile, “Are you Irene? You’re so pretty! No wonder Russel is so smitten with you.”

“Hello” I replied politely.

“Hello, I’m Chloe Reynolds. I answered Russel’s phone this morning. I’m really sorry about that. Please forgive me.” The woman looked genuinely remorseful, without a hint of pretense.

I was moved by her gentleness and sincerity. So I just nodded slightly. “It’s okay Russel has explained it to me. I trust him.”

Chloe answered cheerfully, “That’s good! I was afraid you’d misunderstand.”

After speaking, she gave Russel another look.

From that single glance, I could see that her affection for Russel went way beyond friendship. But her eyes were full of restraint, as if she were trying her best to control her emotions.

After Chloe left, I jokingly asked, “Does Ms. Reynolds have a crush on you?”

“No.” Russel’s answer was swift. It seemed like he didn’t want to dwell on this topic.

I nodded, choosing not to pry further.

goodbye, I drove to the hospital to visit my mom. Now there were specialized caregivers taking care of her, so i didn’t need to worry

ward, I found that the caregiver was not there, and the medical equipment that was keeping my

shouted. I quickly reconnected the power

he performed a thorough check on my mom. Luckily, I found the problem

heart was racing, and my mind was a mess. After the doctor and

She seemed very nervous, “Ms. Finch, I really don’t know who did it. Someone called me, saying you had left something downstairs

phone

phone. I checked the call history.

only had one solution, which was to check the hospital’s

me to view the surveillance. They agreed but said it would take

another one, emphasizing that I needed 24 hour care. I was willing to pay more

was taking care of both my mom and the company’s affairs with hardly any rest. After work, I

car.

‘Knock, knock!”

on the car window woke me up. It was already pitch dark

window. Then I rolled down

the car, arent you afraid of danger?” Neil

What’s up?” As soon as I finished speaking. I realized

seemed a bit annoyed while listening to me talk, “Haven’t you been sleeping these past few days? You look like you’re

so of course I know

my eyes, then got out of the car, “Yeah. I’m going to sleep

then, a voice came

over

Kitty saw me, she looked surprised. She came over, looked at Neil and then at me, then laughed, “Mr. Iceberg, you live next

her an unhappy

held out an ID card

I recalled she saying that she was going after Neil. I

progress was

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