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?

offered as I stepped out

water?” I asked.

seemed unusually solemn at that time. He turned to me, “How is

in Mitch’s voice,

tell he still cared for

I scoffed, skillfully mixing the formula, “Stella can be bossy, I know that much as her friend. But right now, her whole world

just got on my nerves. I invited my colleagues over for a

too?” I asked bluntly.

face before 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

“It’s really

I retorted, “If you really saw her as just a colleague, why

drunk!” Mitch blurted out.

it? Neil was there, too, right? Why didn’t you ask him

at

the exchange, looked taken aback

do

Neil, but this was about

Aren’t you guys friends? Don’t you care about your

would

whose face was a kaleidoscope of emotions, betraying his guilt

upset. If I were in her shoes, I would have felt

I don’t want to talk about it.” Neil

outside or don’t smoke. There are kids in the house.”

cigarette back, choosing to sit down on the couch

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

I scooped him up, patting his back to

gently patting his back

of it landing on

mouth.”