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 of regression. I just wanted to distance myself from him.

avoided his gaze

help you, and so can I. Whether it’s dealing with Ethan Foster or Bonnie Tueley, just give me

me out. Did Russel know about my

with Bonnie was a complicated mix of friend and foe. If I pissed him off, would he tip off Bonnie and

to get it was to get close to Ethan Foster. It contained a lot of evidence

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

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

I ran over to her excitedly, hugging her arm, “You’ll be back to your old self in no

but where’s your dad? I had Hannah

gave me a headache. My mom’s recovery was going well. I couldn’t tell her the sad truth, it might upset her, which wouldn’t be good for her health.

looked at

sick, so I let him go on a trip with some friends. He might be hard to reach because of

if we could speed things up, my dad should be able to get out of

serious I was,

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

had been clinging to him, so it was

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

try to penetrate their organization, and keep

came to my company today. I feel like he might be onto something. If he spills the beans to Ethan Foster and Bonnie, we’re screwed”

concerned as he said, “He won’t spill as long as he still has feelings for you.”

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