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.

and once a few people

but nearly everyone had

filled with a sense of justice, shouted, “The patient was really someone she hired! Isn’t this deceiving us

award ceremony instantly became a farce.

on stage resembled someone who had

He glanced at Karina, and I thought he would have reproached her for her

like a clown, unsure if I had won

to my revelation, the award ceremony ended in chaos. Some people came to ask me about the process of discovering the truth, but I refused to explain. I just wanted to go home. After

grandparents’ hands, and rushed at me, pounding his small fists

him. “Hiram, you can’t behave like this. Your

this mean lady too?” Hiram whimpered and cried,

a mean lady,” Ryan corrected Hiram. “Be a good boy and wait in the car. Grandma and

serious matter, Ryan didn’t indulge Hiram at all and was even quite

scared, sobbed his way to the car where the

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

been spoiled!” Faith also expressed her dissatisfaction with Karina.

on that matter, as

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 it was a

blame me, it’s fine.”

blame you? If we didn’t know her true colors and slowly accepted her, letting her marry into the Whitmore family/it would have been a

not only for their favoritism towards me but also for their clear sense of right and wrong.

her not just because of the disparity in our social status!”