Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 325

Chloe Reynolds spotted Russel Dawson, and her face instantly turned as pale as a ghost

Russel sure as hell wasn’t going to be thrilled about her looking for me.

“Ms. Reynolds, I got stuff to do. You guys carry on.” I dodged Chloe and left with a poker face.

I was so over dealing with these two. Both of them had previously plotted against me.

My feelings for Russel were all over the place now, from trust to regret, to the current state of estrangement and suspicion. It seemed like we were drifting further apart.

“I get it,” Chloe responded in a whisper, not daring to face Russel. She left even faster than me, heading for the exit.

When she passed by Russel, she paused slightly. But Russel didn’t even glance at her, his eyes were on me the whole time.

I felt uneasy, and his gaze was suffocating.

“Sorry.” He suddenly spoke as I passed by him, “She shouldn’t have come to see you and caused you trouble; it won’t happen again.”

“Russel, you gotta take your life decisions more seriously, don’t be so casual about it.” I stopped, thought for a moment, then decided to give him a piece of advice

I was unsure if Chloe heard, but it didn’t matter. My advice to Russel wasn’t about Chloe: I just wanted them to stop bothering me.

Russel’s past actions to affect me again, he was already showing signs of regression. I just wanted to

at me intensely. I avoided

I received a text from Russel saying, “Neil Whitmore can help you, and so can I. Whether it’s dealing with Ethan Foster or Bonnie Tueley, just give

Russel know about my plans with

was a complicated mix of friend and foe. If I pissed him off,

extremely important document, and the only way to get it was to get close to Ethan Foster. It contained a lot of evidence of his illegal activities, including stuff about my

didn’t reply. Instead, I blocked Russel. Any explanation would make me seem

home to find my mom sitting in the living room, looking a bit thinner than before but otherwise fine, just like always. She smiled at me and asked, “Surprised to see me

excitedly, hugging her arm, “You’ll be back to your old self

where’s your dad? I had Hannah call

thought about this, it gave me a headache. My mom’s recovery was going well. I couldn’t tell her the sad

at

He was worned sick about you; I didn’t want him to worry himself sick, so I let him go on a trip with some friends. He might be hard to reach because of the time difference, but don’t worry, he’ll be back soon.” I tried to come up with a

according to plan with Neil, and if we could speed things up, my dad should be able to get out of jail.

seeing how serious I was, she

call. I wasn’t in a rush before my mom started pushing, but now I felt the

while now, and Bonnie had been clinging to him, so it

Ethan Foster, Neil reassured me, “Ill wrap things up as soon as I can. You’ve signed a

try to penetrate their organization, and keep

to my company today. I feel like he might be onto something. If he spills the beans

he said, “He won’t spill as long as he still

but there was a hint of seriousness in his tone. The