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 going but answered Karina’s earlier question.

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

Here I was with

tell what she was

back to Stella’s place, I knew something was

was sitting on the

hand, had red-rimmed eyes and kept glancing at Mitch.

face a

happened?” Neil asked as he

man who had accompanied Ariana explained

to come back, Stella had come out for a drink and saw Ariana using her personal mug. This set Stella off, and she smashed the mug on the floor, leading to an argument.

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

with Ariana, then

deliberately avoided my gaze when he felt it on

Stella proposed this in front of Neil and I, and Ariana.

incredibly upset and

and disbelieving. “Divorce? You want to

not just about this, Mitch, you’ve changed,” Stella

that Mitch, the scumbag, had been siding

A surge

and said, “Ariana, you’ve caused

my fault,” Ariana argued, “I just wanted a drink of water. I didn’t deliberately choose that mug,

floor. On the larger pieces, you could clearly see the pattern. On the table was another mug, with a

stuff is important because of the meaning behind them.

with normal intelligence and vision could tell

and asked Mitch,

Mitch’s face was now