Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 343

Chapter 343

I still had a bit of my wits about me and dodged Neil’s hand again. My action was a bit too sharp, hinting at my irritation.

After a few drinks, my temper was a tad bigger than usual. I blurted out the question that had been gnawing at me, “Why weren’t you with Bonnie?”

“Mitch called. I was nearby, so I swung by.” Neil sat down next to me. That’s when I noticed Alicia was gone.

He took my hand, casually rubbing the back of it, then asked, “What was that you said earlier? Are you mad because I haven’t been in touch?”

I didn’t answer him. I only pointed to where Alicia had been sitting and asked, “Where’s Alicia?”

“I had her sent home. Don’t worry about it,” Neil explained nonchalantly, then circled back to his previous question, “You still didn’t

answer me.”

Since Alicia was taken care of, I could have left on my own. So, I ignored Neil, stood up, grabbed my bag, and made to leave.

A few steps in, I felt lightheaded and dizzy, instinctively reaching out for support.

Neil extended his arm, and I grabbed his shirt, barely managing to steady myself.

“I don’t need your help!” I said, shrugging him off once more, the pent-up frustration bursting forth under the influence of alcohol.

“Are you really mad? Did you see those pictures?” Neil asked, his tone seeming almost happy.

been so good to me lately, making me somewhat dependent on him. If he suddenly

terrifying. When Neil initially refused to divorce me, I even suspected that he was so used to me that he couldn’t

stuttered, “No, I’m just…work’s been stressful. I’m not in

of me any further. He simply picked me up and carried me out

feeling irritable. I was not sure if it was because of what my mom had said, or Neil and Bonnie’s

I noticed a small red flower stuck on the passenger-side dashboard. I immediately remembered the same red flower Bonnie

stick it

told Neil to pull over, “Stop the car.

wrong?” Neil glanced at me, seemingly

a cab home!” I retorted loudly.

are you going to take a cab home by yourself?” Neil frowned, “Stop messing around. We can talk about whatever

and asked,

flower, seemingly oblivious to such details, and appeared taken aback,

‘In those few seconds, I seemed to have regained some

Neil answered casually, not worried that

want to talk anymore. I closed my eyes and rested,

my house. I wasn’t flustered because I had already talked to my mom earlier. I was even more accepting of what my mom had said. Why would I want to fall back into that

asked me again, “Why didn’t you answer my question? Are you mad?”

irritably, and then got out of the car and

stumbled a bit. He came over to

a glance and walked into the

alcohol on me and immediately asked with concern, “Ms. Finch, have you been drinking? I’ll make you

waving Hannah off to do her thing.

about to doze off, I heard the doorbell ring, followed by Hannah opening the door and asking, “Mr. Whitmore, what brings you

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