Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 279

| froze Just as I opened my eyes, the hand on my neck tightened slowly. The feeling of being unable to breathe was extremely unsettling

Nell Whitmore looked menacingly cold and shockingly ruthless. His gaze was sharper than a knife

“Where’s Stella” Why is it you?” I forced myself to speak, pushing Neil’s hand away

Do you want other people to see you seducing men?” Neil’s fingers gripped me hard and then let go. He questioned me angrily.

He dared to question me?

A surge of anger erupted from within me. I was incredibly furious. “Let go of me! You jerk! What right do you have to control me?”

“I have the right because you’re mine now! If not, where’s the sincerity in our reconciliation? Neil let go of me, his eyes full of possessiveness

I scoffed sat up, and grabbed a glass of wine from the table, draining it in one gulp. I wiped the corner of my mouth and turned to Neil, “Do you really care about me? Do you really love me? When you were with me, did you ever think about Karina Aaron?”

“And your unborn child.” I poured another glass of wine, adding that sentence expressionlessly

Suddenly, I felt the temperature around me drop sharply, making me want to put on my coat

Neil probably didn’t expect me to know about that, hence his strong reaction.

We remained silent, like two statues.

After a while, Neil spoke, “Who told you?”

me. The fact is, Karina was pregnant with your child when she committed suicide. What a pity” I drank glass after glass of wine, never

glass from my hand and threw it into the trash bin, “Enough!”

squinted at Neil and said,

He stared at me

was used to that

the wine bottle and continued to drink heavily planning to get smashed

bottle from me again and smashed it on the floor. The sound of shattering glass brought the waiters

water pushed the door in and said, “Excuse me

glance. The waiter immediately swallowed her words and quickly

going to hell. I’ll take you with me, Neil yanked me off the sofa and into his arms. His voice was chilling. “This is the

Neil

proficient at hitting Neil. Even though I was drunk, unsteady and being held tightly by him, I still

would have meant certain defeat, a slap didn’t count as a fight, and Neil wouldn’t

gently touched the corner of his wounded lip, then he smirked. “My turn

Let go I started to scream.

my back against him, then twisted my arms behind my back and tied them with

wasnt as drunk as I was now, I would be no match

in the room. He held the back of my neck with one hand,

on me again. Tears uncontrollably flowed from my eyes, I sobbed and cursed him loudly. “Weill I curse you to die without a proper buriall You’re nothing but a

Neil’s voice was as cold as a judge sentencing a criminal, yet flirtatious like

my lip, forcing myself to sober up quickly, but the next second, a feeling that I shouldn’t have swept

tormented me. I felt dizzy and uncomfortable I couldn’t even

sound of water Someone put me in the bathtub. A pair of hands roamed over my body gently and meticulously cleaning me.

I fell asleep in the soft and

I dreamed of someone unexpected – Karina

my dream. She appeared near and far by my side. Whenever I looked at her, a mocking and creepy smile would appear on