Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 409

“What on earth are you trying to achieve?” Neil’s words were aimed directly at me, his brow furrowed in a manner that oddly mirrored Karina.

Was he upset about me “bullying” Karina?

Was he feeling protective?

I stared back at him impassively. I was well used to him defending others. His relentless defense of Bonnie in my past life had prepared me for that, so I felt more irony than anything else

now.

“I just want a clearer picture of Dr. Karina’s actions; is there a problem with that?” I retorted.

“This is not the place for it. Let’s leave it at that.” Neil’s tone was stern, as though I was a child who had misbehaved.

If not there, then where?

At that point, Ryan and Faith chimed in, “Irene, tell us what really happened!”

I was surprised that under those circumstances, Ryan and Faith were still on my side. Once I revealed the truth, it would have not only slapped Karina’s face, but also Neil’s. If she were to truly marry into the Whitmore family, that incident would have also become a stain on the Whitmore family’s reputation.

“What exactly is going on here?” The Dean couldn’t hold back his curiosity. With so many people watching and the media invited for publicity, that turn of events was unexpected.

“The supposed patient was just someone Dr. Karina had hired! I don’t know why she did it. That’s for you to investigate!” I blurted out the truth, then handed my phone to the nearest person. They took it, bewildered, glanced at it, and then their eyes widened.

look. Gossip spread fast, and once a few people in the crowd knew, it would

snatch the phone, but nearly everyone had

shouted, “The patient was really someone she hired! Isn’t

revelation, the award ceremony

on stage resembled someone

would have reproached her for her actions. Instead, he walked through the crowd, took Karina’s hand, and led her away from the

the whistleblower, felt like a clown, unsure if I

people came to ask me about the process of discovering the truth, but I refused to explain. I just wanted to go home. After leaving the hospital, I was preparing to drive home when Ryan and Faith caught up with me. They were accompanied by Hiram, whom Neil had left behind when he left with Karina.

understand what had happened. Seeing me, he gritted his teeth, broke free from his grandparents’ hands, and rushed at me, pounding his small fists against me. “You hurt my mommy! How could you be so mean? My mommy

behave like this. Your mommy

lady too?” Hiram whimpered and cried, then pointed at me and accused

a good boy and wait in the car. Grandma and

a serious matter, Ryan didn’t indulge Hiram at all

his way to the car where the

filled with displeasure. “I don’t know how Karina has been raising the child abroad.

has really been spoiled!” Faith also expressed her dissatisfaction with Karina. “No wonder she herself is of such character and has corrupted the

silent. I didn’t want to comment on that matter, as it would have seemed

today. She almost deceived Ryan and me. We thought she was at least decent, but it turns out everything was a setup to deceive us to change our impression of her. We weren’t going to come today, but Hiram insisted, so we had no choice. Now it seems

as long as you don’t blame me,

know her true colors and slowly accepted her, letting her marry

not only for their favoritism towards me but also for their clear

add, “This Karina, we objected to her not just because of the disparity in our social