Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 423

“Quit pretending.” I outed Neil, “I’m just a bit puzzled why you’re doing this.”

Neil responded calmly, “I just don’t want you to waste any more time.”

“Alright then,” I didn’t press the issue.

If Neil admitted he was doing this on purpose, I wouldn’t know how to react.

On our way back, Neil’s phone rang, it was a call from Karina.

He didn’t use a headset, he answered directly, so I could hear their conversation clearly.

“Neil, are you at Mitch’s place?” Karina’s voice was soft.

“Uh-huh, what’s up?” There was something about Nell’s demeanor that always seemed off to me.

Sometimes it seemed like he was really in love with Karina, yet his tone always felt distant. Sometimes I thought he was with Karina out of a sense of duty, but then there were times when I caught the way he looked at her, and it was unlike how he looked at other people.

It was all too confusing.

Karina must have been in the hospital corridor, every once in a while, you could hear someone calling for a nurse and some background chatter. But her voice was still clear, “Will you be home for dinner then? Hiram has been nagging about wanting you to take him to the carnival, there’s an event going on tonight.”

Just as Neil was about to reply, my phone also rang. It was a call from my mom, I chose to decline it and sent a text message instead.

But Karina was no fool, after a brief pause, she asked, “Why is Ms. Finch at your place?”

Neil and I exchanged glances, and Karina chimed in, “It’s no big deal. I won’t overthink. I just heard her ringtone and figured she was there. She and Stella are good friends, so it’s normal for you guys to have dinner together.”

I’ll be home for dinner,” Neil didn’t keep the conversation

be waiting for you.” With

with Neil, and she was so nonchalant about

what she was really

back to Stella’s place, I knew something was off.

living room was filled with an invisible tension. Stella was sitting on the couch, legs

red-rimmed eyes

deeply troubled, his face

happened?” Neil asked as

man who had accompanied Ariana explained in a low voice.

drink and saw Ariana using her personal mug. This set Stella off, and she smashed the mug on

immediately darted to Mitch. I wanted to know where he stood amid all this. Was he siding with Stella

was siding with Ariana, then

my gaze when he felt

divorce,” Stella proposed this in front

incredibly upset

this, Mitch looked shocked and disbelieving. “Divorce? You want to divorce me

Stella was convinced that Mitch

seemed that Mitch, the scumbag, had been siding with Ariana.

A surge

to Ariana and said, “Ariana, you’ve caused enough trouble for this family. Isn’t

wanted a drink of water. I didn’t deliberately choose that mug, I just picked one up. I

the shattered pieces of the mug on the floor. On the larger pieces, you could clearly see the pattern. On the table was another mug, with a similar pattern, clearly a couple’s set. Many of

because of

person with normal intelligence and vision

picked up the mug from the table and asked Mitch, “This is your mug,

face was now