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.

shook her

shouldn’t be so hard on Neil. As long as

dad anymore. It would all be resolved, as would the issue

that Oscar’s death could be related to some unknown secrets of StarGlow

Ethan Foster was taken down, all problems would be solved, including

like this made me feel a bit better.

and my tummy growled in reply. “Sure,

her some food. She seems to be getting better recently. She should be able to come downstairs for meals in a couple of

As long as Mom recovered soon and Dad got out, our family of three

very caring towards me and Mom, so I wanted her to feel at ease and stay. After lunch, I told her. “Hannah, let’s go

seemed surprised.

wanted to get out for a bit because what happened last night made me uncomfortable. I didn’t want to see Neil in the next few days, fearing that I wouldn’t know

Hannah didn’t say more and just nodded, looking

to take care of Mom at home, and then got her parents’ address from her. Bailey and I went

husband probably wouldn’t recognize Bailey and me, so we

setting off, Bailey drove towards Hannah’s hometown. It was about a fourteen to fifteen-hour

fell asleep in the back seat and was awakened by Bailey. “Ms. Finch, your phone has rung twice.

took out my phone and saw three missed

silenced my phone and put it back,

a string of messages and missed calls from Nell. This was the first

Seeing the bunch of red notifications on my phone made me a bit nervous.

all messages from

Why aren’t you

“Pick up!”

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