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

Hiram and I will be waiting for you.” With

than Bonnie. Here I was with Neil, and she was so nonchalant about it,

she

back to Stella’s place, I knew something

an invisible tension. Stella was sitting on the couch, legs crossed, glowering at

the other hand, had red-rimmed

his face a

as he walked

accompanied Ariana explained in a low voice.

and I to come back, Stella had come out for a drink and saw Ariana using her

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

was siding with Ariana, then he could go

avoided my gaze when he felt it

get a divorce,” Stella proposed this in

upset and

shocked and disbelieving. “Divorce? You want to divorce

Mitch, you’ve changed,” Stella was

that Mitch, the scumbag, had

A surge

within me. I turned to Ariana and said, “Ariana, you’ve caused enough trouble for this family. Isn’t it about time you leave?”

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

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 the things here were bought by

stuff is important because of the

and vision could

the table and asked Mitch,

was now a