Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 297

When I woke up at noon, Neil was already gone from the bedroom.

I rubbed my sore eyes, got up, got dressed, and then headed downstairs.

Hannah had already made lunch. Seeing me, she flashed a little smile and said, “Ms. Finch, lunch is ready”

“Where’s Neil?” I asked.

“Mr. Whitmore went to the office,” Hannah replied. “He said you were really beat, so he told us not to wake you up.”

Her smile was even more pronounced after she said that

My eyes skimmed over the living room sofa. The battlefield was still a mess, and my clothes were not taken back to the bedroom.

The staff must have guessed what happened. I felt pretty embarrassed.

I went over to the dining room and started eating.

My company was already on holiday, but Whitmore Co. wasn’t, so he’d be pretty busy these next few days, not having much time at home.

I didn’t know what Neil said or did with Bonnie after I left last night…

I had some suspicions but didn’t really think much of it.

Since Neil chose to come back in the end, he probably didn’t do anything he wasn’t supposed to do with Bonnie.

After eating, I hopped in the car and went to visit my mom at the hospital. Even though she hadn’t woken up yet, her health was stable. The care worker was really thoughtful and took good care of her.

I hadn’t been going to the hospital much lately because I was so busy at work. The doctor suggested that I could consider taking my mom home for convalescence. If she showed signs of waking up, it would be enough to bring her back to the hospital for a check-up.

but I held my mom’s hand, but I hesitated before I could finish

mom back to Sterling Estates, if she woke up and saw me and Neil

I just let out a sigh and decided to postpone the plan

about to get up and leave after a while, but then my phone vibrated. It was a message in the group chat from Stella saying,

continued, “It just happened an hour ago. Sigh.”

a good guy. I think he’s the most innocent man in our

wrote, ” The progression of late-stage cancer is

go pay our respects?”

We’ll go together when the

beat. It felt unreal. Lauretta was just

reality, she hadn’t done anything to harm me, and she was just constraining Russel, I didn’t hate her, and I

right now. After all, that was his mother.

heavy as I left the hospital, still undecided about whether I should go with Stella to pay

I stepped out of the hospital. It was Chloe, who was in a hurry.

red as if she had just cried. When she saw me, she paused, then

started questioning me, “Did you come to visit Russel’s mom? You should know that she’s already

I could tell she

a chance to explain before she

since

didn’t want me to disturb the Dawson family,

I got back home,

know what Russel

me to give this to you this morning. I forgot about it earlier,” Hannah suddenly approached me and pulled out a diamond ring, “Is this a gift from Mr. Whitmore? He

little puzzled. I guess Oscar told her before that Neil wasn’t good

Neil? I searched for it but didn’t find it. How

took the ring, feeling a bit dazed. I didn’t know why, but now that I was holding this ring, it felt different than before.

still happy, and I wanted to keep it as

what this was

probably busy. I didn’t bother him