Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 394

Russel exhaled a

of relief as he took my hand, “I had a chat with Karina downstairs. If you ever need me, just call, and I’ll be right back.”

He was honest about it, not hiding the fact that he had spent time with Karina.

I said nothing, not feeling jealous or discontent. I was just somewhat puzzled. What could they have possibly discussed? What common ground did they share?

Once we returned to our room, Russel noticed my silence. Assuming I was scared, he brought me water and comforted me.

Still, his tender gestures didn’t make me feel any better.

“Russel, what did you talk about with Karina?” I finally asked.

Russel looked surprised, and a smile played on his lips, “Why? Are you jealous? Or are you worried that we’re plotting something?”

I found his assumption strange, I was merely curious about their conversation, not suspecting any conspiracy.

Seeing my bewilderment, Russel ruffled my hair, “Don’t worry. There’s nothing going on between us. She just wanted to talk about Serena and Brandon. She’s a bit paranoid and thinks Brandon looks like Neil. She keeps asking me for reassurance.”

plausible. Karina’s suspicion about Serena and Brandon was no surprise. When I first saw that Hiram looked

You should rest. I’ll sleep on the

I’m really tired.” I nodded. It was late and the issue about the elevator accident could have been dealt with by the hotel staff later.

The choices were diving together to catch seafood and preparing a meal from our

chose diving. It had been a

staff, we boarded a yacht. Each couple had their own yacht. Once

a decent diver. I had been fascinated with it for a time and even dived with

dive, we don’t have to stay together. Try to gather as much seafood as possible.” I

was already in his wetsuit, carrying an oxygen tank. After giving me an okay sign, we both dived into the water, leaving a

shrimp the size of my palm. I returned to

also the sense of freedom swimming like a fish. After wandering around underwater for a while, I decided to go back up due to limited

as I was swimming up, I felt something swimming below me. I soon

rope.

woman from her build. Her wetsuit was a different color than mine. It was rosy red. I waved desperately, hoping she would notice me. She did, but after

running low and tried to swim back down to cut the rope. But without any tools underwater, it was a daunting task. The rope was thick,

thin line.

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struggled, I used up more oxygen. Soon I felt weak and wondered where Russel was, and if he would have noticed

down, it would have

my oxygen was about to run out,