Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 407

Stella was miffed, but I refused to probe further.

The fact that Russel and Karina were working together irked me, but it wasn’t enough to drive me up the wall and demand an immediate explanation.

After Stella left my house, it wasn’t long before Russel showed up, looking a bit anxious.

“Rena!” Upon seeing me, Russel quickened his pace towards me.

I hadn’t expected him to arrive so quickly; he should’ve been at work at that time.

My parents, seeing Russel return, immediately asked, “Russel, have you had lunch yet? Are you hungry? Should I heat up some food for you?”

Russel looked conflicted, shaking his head, “I’m not hungry. I just came home because I needed to talk to Rena about something.”

“Then you two chat.” My dad didn’t think much of it and took my two kids out for a walk.

The nanny also left, leaving Russel and me alone in the house.

He began to explain his work situation with the same reasoning as before; he was drawn to the hospital due to various factors. As for Karina, they worked in different departments, and their chances of meeting were slim.

The reason Karina had his phone with her earlier was due to a general hospital meeting where they had happened to bump into each other, and he had accidentally left his phone behind, which Karina had picked up.

So, when I called, Karina was the one who answered.

It was an absolute coincidence, but the anxious concern in Russel’s eyes was real. I looked at him for a while and asked, “Swear to me that there’s nothing going on between you and Karina that you’re keeping from me and that you haven’t been in contact with her behind my back.”

Russel paused, giving me a strange feeling that something was off.

I’m having an illicit affair with

know, I wouldn’t mind if you

on Russel’s face faded, “You know

on between you and

between us, and I haven’t done anything to betray you. If I lie to you, then I will

be struck down!”

stop him, but then I thought, “If Russel really has nothing going on with Karina, then what is there to be

him any further. After a brief

his words. After all,

at

could have done. I still held a piece of evidence against Karina, and if anything went wrong, I had leverage over

I know that I would have needed that leverage

of saving a life, the hospital was planning to hold a commendation ceremony for her, which Russel was also supposed to attend.

I wouldn’t have gone and merely mentioned it in

agreed immediately, which

parents will probably attend too,” Russel

replied calmly, sitting

on gaining the approval of Ryan and Faith, Neil’s parents. So, for a commendation ceremony like that, she would have surely

event was well-attended, and the lights were bright since it was an evening event. Everyone’s

the crowd, holding his son, Hiram. They looked like a picture-perfect father

nearby, occasionally playing with Hiram. Both wore smiles, looking happier than

Even if

Karina was Neil’s girlfriend and they even had a child together. She was likely to marry into the Whitmore family in the future. If they could have enhanced –her reputation before that, it would have been beneficial for

Russel suggested, pointing to a spot far from where Neil and his family

as I could have told, Neil’s family hadn’t noticed