Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 418

“Are you telling me…” began, my forehead crinkling with worry, “that you’re certain he’s seeing someone else?”

Stella paused, inhaling deeply before she spoke, “Not exactly certain. Just…there’s this woman. I saw their chats on Mitch’s phone.”

It felt like a punch to the gut. The last person I would have expected to stray was Mitch. He’d always claimed he was done playing the field, that no woman could lure him away.

I’d always thought Stella had found the perfect partner in him.

But now, it seemed like every marriage had its own set of troubles, and none were as perfect as they seemed on the outside.

Stella relayed the contents of the chats between Mitch and the other woman. They seemed harmless, with no obvious flirtation. But something about them felt off.

And what really got me was that the woman in question was older than Stella, divorced, with two kids.

What kind of mess was that?

“She’s on Mitch’s project team?” I asked, my brows knitting together in confusion, “Have you met her?”

“No, but she’s likely to show up soon,” Stella replied, shaking her head.

I felt like I was going to explode.

Was Mitch really going to throw everything away?

Good thing I was here today. I was curious to see what kind of woman could have possibly stolen Mitch’s attention.

Just then, Serena started crying from her stroller. It sounded like she was hungry, so l’hurried off to prepare a bottle of formula.

Inside, Mitch sat in silence while Neil smoked by the doorway. I wondered if they had had a chance to talk.

Neil wasn’t the type to approve of Mitch’s actions, was he?

as I stepped out of

water?” I

kitchen. Usually a cheerful guy, he seemed unusually solemn at that time. He turned

in Mitch’s voice, a hint of

could tell he still cared for Stella.

mixing the formula, “Stella can be bossy, I know that much as her friend. But right now, her whole world revolves around you and the kids. After the way you snapped at

sighed, “Look, I didn’t mean to. She just got on my nerves. I invited my colleagues over for a work-related discussion and chose to do it at home so

Ariana’s coming too?”

he regained his composure. “Yes. Stella just misunderstood our relationship.” “I don’t think it’s a misunderstanding. I can’t make sense of it either.” I said, taking the bottles of formula and heading back to

insisting, “It’s really just

as they breathe,” I retorted, “If you really saw her as just a colleague,

Mitch blurted

“It was a team gathering, wasn’t it?

pointed at Neil.

was silently observing the exchange, looked taken aback at being

got to do with me?”

Neil, but this

say something to him? Aren’t you guys friends? Don’t you

would you

whose face was a kaleidoscope of

understood why Stella was so upset. If I were in her shoes, I would have felt the same

it. I don’t want to talk about it.”

go outside or don’t smoke. There

cigarette back, choosing to sit down on the

Brandon started coughing in his stroller. He’d choked on his milk, his face turning a scary shade of red.

scooped him up, patting his back to help him breathe.

took Brandon from me, gently patting his back while holding his belly down on his

spat up, some of

mouth.” Neil