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.

break it off right after your mom’s death, what about Chloe? And

my attempts fell on deaf ears.

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

he hung

far from my mind now. Once Russel called off his engagement with Chloe. I would be the target of gossip again. As

not up?” The bedroom door swung open. Neil walked in, casually tossing his tie onto a nearby

ask Neil why he hadn’t come home last night, but I

Russel’s mom?”

a bit unnatural, then he replied,

going to the funeral?” I

stripped off his clothes, revealing his impeccable

women’s perfume. I frowned. What had Nell been up to last night?

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

picked up Neil’s clothes, taking a

his clothes.

“Ding!”

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

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 arms. The man was leaning down as if whispering something to the

Neil

was another man sitting next to them. A man in his fifties, bulky and dressed in a

shown me

held a higher

apter

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

looked as docile as a bunny nestled in Neil’s

mind was in chaos, and it took a while to regain my composure. I

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

Two names came to

waiting for Neil, I dashed downstairs, hopped into my car, and headed