Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 298

That night, I had no idea where Neil had vanished off to, and he wasn’t responding to my calls either.

I found myself staring at the falling snow outside the window, and before I knew it, I dozed off, swamped with anxiety and confusion.

I wasn’t sure how long I had been asleep. Suddenly, my phone buzzed. I looked at it groggily, then snapped wide awake. It was a call from Russel

“Can we meet?” Russel was the first to speak. His voice was raspy and sounded incredibly weary.

“Russel, about your moms passing, I’m sorry for your loss.” I was a bit wary of Russel, so I trod lightly, being extra polite. Even though I wanted to grill him with questions, I held back

Russel was silent for a few seconds before resuming, “I want to meet you to clear things up.”

I didn’t want to meet him. There was no need to stir up more drama, “We can talk over the phone.”

“You know, I want to see you,” Russel’s voice turned firm, “Don’t you want to know why Neil and Bonnie were in that room?”

That was exactly what I wanted to know. Neil said it was all Russel’s doing, but what was the truth?

Of course, Russel wasnt exactly reliable now, and he could have been lying.

I didn’t respond immediately, I took a moment to think.

Russel spoke again, ‘You know why I proposed to Chloe. Now my mom is gone; I’m calling off the engagement”

“What?” I was taken aback, and I hadn’t expected Russel to take such a drastic step. His mom had just passed away, and he had already. planned on breaking his engagement.

“This isn’t the life I want. I just wanted my mom to be at peace before she passed. Now that she’s gone, I don’t have anything to hold me back.” Russel seemed to have made up his mind.

down. Everyone knows you’re engaged to Chloe. If you break it off right after your mom’s death, what about Chloe? And your dad,

fell

tumed stem, ‘You don’t need to advise me. I won’t let anyone control

he hung up.

Chloe. I would be the

Neil walked in, casually tossing his tie onto a nearby

to ask Neil why he hadn’t come home last night, but I changed my question at the last minute, “Did you know about

Russel’s mom?”

face turned a bit unnatural, then

going to the

send someone in my place.” Neil stripped off his clothes, revealing his

and women’s perfume. I frowned. What had Nell

it, but for some reason, I felt a strange sensation in my heart. It seemed like Neil was hiding something

up and picked up Neil’s clothes, taking a gentle sniff. The scent of perfume was indeed coming from

his clothes.

“Ding!”

message on my phone startled me. I quickly put down my clothes and went to

a photo sent by an unknown number. It looked like it was taken through a crack in the door. Under the dim light, a woman was nestled in a man’s

was Neil and

his fifties, bulky and dressed

brains and finally remembered who he was. Neil had shown me his profile

held a higher position than my

apter

how my dad had offended him or why he would help StarGlow Enterprises, leading

looked as docile as a bunny nestled

took a while to regain my composure.

The hacker’s message also came in. He gave me a detailed address, right down to

luxury villa. Two names came to

dashed downstairs, hopped into my