Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 317

I was struck dumb and couldn’t answer Russel’s question to save my life.

Even though only a couple of minutes had passed, it felt like a bloody eternity.

While waiting for Neil to make a move, Russel suddenly leaned in and bit my neck, leaving a hickey on purpose. He gave me this complicated yet helpless look before getting up to open the door

Some of the tension inside me eased up, and at that moment, I just gave up resisting.

As for what happened next, it was a complete blur. When I came around, I was back in Sapphire River Community, all prim and proper with nothing amiss.

Hannah was by my side. The moment she saw me wake up, she immediately asked, “Ms. Finch, you awake? You feeling alright?”

“I’m fine; who brought me back?” Right now, that was all I cared about.

“It was Mr. Russel who brought you back. What the hell happened?” Hannah asked, a little edgy.

After hearing her response, my heart tightened. Did he not open the door after all?

Or maybe he did, but Nell didn’t react, so Russel ended up bringing me back..

If Neil didn’t react, I didn’t know whether to feel relieved that he kept his cool or disappointed.

But whatever he did now was all for my sake. I had no right to blame him.

“Did Neil come by?” I couldn’t resist asking in the end.

didn’t” Hannah shook

soon, I reassured myself that I shouldn’t be so hard on Neil. As long as he could defeat Ethan Foster,

me because of my dad anymore. It would all be

me that Oscar’s death could be related to

Foster was taken down, all problems would be solved, including Gloria and Bonnie.

me

then asked if I wanted some lunch, and my tummy growled in

to be getting better recently. She should be able to come downstairs for meals in a couple of days.” Hannah told me excitedly.

as Mom recovered soon and Dad got out, our family of three could be

Mom, so I wanted her to feel at ease and stay. After lunch,

seemed

uncomfortable. I didn’t want to see Neil in the next few days, fearing that I

settled, so Hannah didn’t say more and just nodded, looking

next morning, I found Hannah, asked her to take care of Mom at home, and

Bailey and me, so we could just pick up

Bailey drove towards Hannah’s hometown. It was about a fourteen to

before, I fell asleep in the back seat and was awakened by

phone and saw three missed

I’ll call back later.” I silenced my phone and put it back, then

Ignorance resulted in a string of messages and missed calls from

frequently. Seeing the bunch of red notifications on my phone made

were all messages

Why aren’t you answering your phone?”

“Pick up!”