Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 396

I couldn’t be sure. The moment the thought took root, though, I couldn’t suppress it.

If Karina simply ignored me during my ordeal, I might have accused her of having an icy heart but if she intentionally tied that rope around my ankle, that’s a different kettle of fish. Wasn’t that akin to attempted murder?

“Neil, could you fetch me some wet wipes from my bag? My hands are all greasy,” Karina requested, shaking her oil-slicked hands in mild exasperation.

Karina had brought a bag, which was placed just a few feet away from me.

Neil responded, “Sure, in a moment.””

I got up first, “I’ll get it for you!”

Seeing me approach her bag, Karina’s expression momentarily flinched in resistance, she quickly stepped forward, “It’s okay, I’ll get it. God knows this bag is already dirty enough.”

She then moved her bag away to a place beyond my sight, only then did she proceed to take out a pack of wet wipes.

This action of hers seemed a bit odd. Was she worried that I would have seen something in her bag? Or was she just being protective of her privacy?

“What’s up?” My distracted demeanor caught Russel’s attention; he asked in a low voice.

“Nothing,” I snapped back to reality, shaking my head.

A while later, Karina and Neil prepared lunch, which was all seafood, complemented by a bottle of wine provided by the hotel. The spread was quite lavish.

Russel and I sat on one side, with Neil and Karina opposite us.

She beamed at us, “Ms. Finch, Russel,

delicious. It looks very fresh,” I praised, even

“Russel, shouldn’t you be more attentive to your wife? She’s hurt her hand. You should

in unexpectedly,

so my daily activities weren’t much affected, especially when it came to something as simple as eating.

case, when Neil

even offering Neil a smile, “Right, I forgot one can eat with one hand. I just wanted to give Russel an opportunity to show his caring side. He’s always been so slow on the emotional uptake. I’m worried that Ms.

turned my head towards Russel, “He’s just a bit introverted in front of others,

my relationship with Russel to Neil, I

praise, Russel was pleasantly surprised, and a hint of a smile tugged at

eyes on his plate and not participating much in our

having to face Neil and Karina. Only Karina was enjoying herself, initiating

restroom,” Karina

lying on the edge of the table:

“Where are the wipes?

think twice, and only glanced at Neil once. After all,

present.

indifferently, “Yeah, go

I deliberately took a few glances. That’s when I noticed something odd. There was a

behind it, why didn’t she just dispose of the rope in

her bag which she was so protective of earlier was then left unattended as she went to the restroom. It was as if she was deliberately drawing my attention and giving me a

and confronted Karina with it as evidence when she returned. But I decided against it.

Karina returned. The first thing she did was check her bag. Noticing it had