Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 330

“Is Chloe thinking of offing herself?” Russel asked me with a voice as flat as a pancake. His nonchalance sent a chill down my spine.

“Yeah, your fiancée’s thinking of kicking the bucket. Shouldn’t you go check on her?” I retorted, cold as ice.

“She’s a grown woman; she should take responsibility for her own life. I can’t control her choices.” Russel’s reply was so cold it left me gobsmacked.

His lack of warmth towards a woman he didn’t love was eerily similar to Neil from my past life.

“Regardless, she’s head over heels for you. Can’t you come back and help her out? Just be the good guy for once?” I pleaded.

“She knew I didn’t have the hots for her. She brought this on herself, right?” he replied with a smirk on his face.

Was this the Russel I knew? He was still a doctor. Where was his compassion? If he was this indifferent to his fiancée, how did he treat others?

Thinking of my past life and his collaboration with him gave me the heebie-jeebies. If I hadn’t kicked the bucket from a terminal illness, would we have butted heads?

But I didn’t have time to dwell on it. I just urged Russel, “Can you come back and talk some sense into her? Her folks promised me that if you can convince her not to off herself, they’ll work out a way to call off the engagement.”

“I don’t need them to promise me anything,” Russel’s voice suddenly turned heavy, “Instead, how about you promise me something?”

I could feel my heart in my throat, “What do you want me to promise?”

request left me flabbergasted.

to throw me under the bus during this dinner? I had

I won’t do anything to you. I just want to have dinner and chat. The only catch is, you can’t bail until I say it’s over,” Russel seemed to read my

as I was hemming and hawing, a cry erupted

looked up to see Chloe taking a step forward, one foot already hanging

I promise.

mouth, Russel was already on

Chloe held her phone up, seemingly answering

few minutes later, she seemed to let out a sigh of relief and stepped back. The rescue

to think, if Russel hadn’t made that call, what might have happened to Chloe? She looked like she was teetering

with Chloe, I

would cool

stunt was bound to cause a

cover of darkness. Before entering my courtyard, I glanced at Neil’s

wondered if he knew about Russel and Chloe calling off their engagement. I hoped he wouldn’t jump to conclusions. He was a suspicious guy. He

the city

the news, Russel called and asked, “When are you

dinner with Russel, I might as well get it over

the time and place,” Russel’s voice was gentle, so at odds with the cold

I had tangled with Neil in my past life, and now

was always stuck between a rock and

text me the details. I’ll be there on time,” I

hanging up. I soon received a text from him with