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.”

dinner,” Neil didn’t keep the conversation going but

and I will be waiting for you.” With that,

and patient than Bonnie. Here I was with Neil,

tell what she

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

room was filled with an invisible tension. Stella was

had red-rimmed eyes and kept glancing at

looked deeply troubled, his face a mix of

happened?” Neil asked as he walked

man who had accompanied Ariana explained in a low voice.

had come out for a drink and saw Ariana using her personal mug. This set Stella off, and she smashed

Mitch. I wanted to know where he stood amid all this. Was he siding with Stella or Ariana?

was siding with Ariana, then he

my gaze when he felt it

proposed this in front of Neil

upset

“Divorce? You want to divorce

you’ve changed,” Stella was convinced that Mitch had stopped loving her.

scumbag, had been siding with

A surge

you’ve caused enough trouble for this family. Isn’t it

just wanted a drink of water. I didn’t deliberately choose that mug, I just picked one up. I didn’t think Mr. Mitch’s wife would mind

the pattern. On the table was another mug, with a similar pattern, clearly a couple’s set. Many of the things here were bought by Stella on a whim.

because of the meaning behind them.

normal intelligence and

and asked Mitch, “This is your mug, isn’t it?”

face was now a shade