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.

it was because Neil had been so good to me lately, making me somewhat dependent on him. If he suddenly changed, it would have made

was terrifying. When Neil initially refused to divorce me, I even suspected that he was so used to me that he

“No, I’m just…work’s been stressful. I’m not in a good mood.”

didn’t argue with this drunken mess of me any further. He simply picked me up and carried me out

I was not sure if it was because of what my mom had

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

stick it there?

plummeted. I told Neil to pull over, “Stop

wrong?” Neil glanced at me, seemingly

can take a cab home!”

by yourself?” Neil frowned, “Stop messing around. We can talk about whatever is bothering

at the flower and asked, “Don’t you understand what this means?”

the flower, seemingly oblivious to such details, and appeared

‘In those few seconds, I seemed to have

casually, not

I closed my eyes and rested, waiting

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

about to get out of the car, Neil asked me

I denied it irritably, and then got out of the car and left.

I stumbled a bit. He came over to help me, but I shut the gate right in his face.

glance and walked into the

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

Hannah off to do her thing.

I was about to doze off, I heard the doorbell ring, followed by Hannah opening the

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