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.”

for dinner,” Neil didn’t keep

for you.”

definitely more composed and patient than Bonnie. Here I was with

couldn’t tell what she was really thinking.

Stella’s place, I knew

was sitting on the couch, legs crossed, glowering at Ariana.

the other hand, had red-rimmed eyes and

looked deeply troubled, his face

Neil asked as he

who had accompanied Ariana explained in a

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

immediately darted to Mitch. I wanted to know where he stood amid all

then he could go

deliberately avoided my gaze when he felt it

a divorce,” Stella proposed this in front

incredibly upset and

looked shocked and disbelieving. “Divorce? You

not just about this, Mitch, you’ve changed,” Stella was convinced that Mitch had stopped loving

seemed that Mitch, the scumbag, had been siding with

A surge

me. I turned to Ariana and said, “Ariana, you’ve caused enough trouble

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

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 the things here were bought by Stella on a

stuff is important because of the

intelligence and vision could tell

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

face was now a