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.

want Russel’s past actions to affect me again, he was already showing signs

intensely. I avoided his gaze and

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

If I pissed him off, would

and the only way to get it was to get close to Ethan Foster. It contained a lot of evidence of his

Instead, I blocked Russel. Any

looking a bit thinner than before but otherwise fine, just like always. She smiled at me and asked, “Surprised to see me

to her excitedly, hugging her arm, “You’ll be back to your old self in no time!”

dad? I had Hannah call him, but

headache. My mom’s recovery was going well. I couldn’t tell her the

looked at me nervously.

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 reasonable excuse to comfort her.

according to plan with Neil, and if we could speed things up, my dad should be

was, she eventually nodded, “Alright, I

wasn’t in a rush before

Bonnie had been clinging to him, so it was risky

“Ill wrap things up as soon

FarHorizon Group, try to penetrate their organization, and keep

my company today. I feel like he might be onto something. If he spills the beans to Ethan Foster and Bonnie,

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

a hint of seriousness in