Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 435

“Behind bars?” Néil seemed to not entirely grasp my meaning.

It seemed like he wasn’t fully aware of what had just happened.

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I then told him about Karina’s visit to Hiram and the subsequent police incident, watching as his face gradually darkened.

“Anyway, I’ve accomplished a task for you, so our deal is over,” I gestured for him to leave. “You can go back and explain things to Karina, so she won’t misunderstand.”

“When you called me, I was in a meeting. That’s why I didn’t pick up,” Neil explained to me, ignoring my words.

Of course, I knew he was busy. In the past, even if I had something urgent, he wouldn’t pick up my calls while he was working.

I was accustomed to this. But I wondered whether Karina would be able to.

“You should explain this to Karina. She tried to contact you but couldn’t get through, which led to the misunderstanding,” I kindly reminded him.

“There’s nothing to explain to her. I just need to understand what’s happening.” Neil’s response was rather nonchalant.

I wondered why he had bothered to come find me.

Right now, Yara was in the living room, waiting for me to feed her. I didn’t want Neil to discover Yara was here..

The baby’s crying echoed from the living room, and I took the opportunity to say, “If there’s nothing else, I need to go feed the baby. You should leave

“Mmm,” Neil grunted in affirmation, turning to leave.

scene that shocked me. Yara had vomited, and the vomit had gotten into her nose. Her little face was flushed and she looked uncomfortable.

picked up Yara, helping her clean up a bit, but

was going on? I hadn’t fed her yet, so it couldn’t be that

commotion, rushed out. Being more experienced than me, she immediately suggested that Yara might have

stay at home to look after her, which

anything happen to her, or else I wouldn’t be able to face Stella. Carrying Yara, I rushed out of the house, intending to drive to the hospital, but discovered that Neil hadn’t left yet. He was standing by the roadside, looking like a finely sculpted statue under the sunlight,

frowned, looking at the baby in

how

friends. He had previously helped me fend off Mitch, probably thinking that Yara wasn’t really at my place. Now that he had seen

let Mitch take the baby away

with her?” Neil, observant as he was, noticed that something was off with Yara. He stubbed out his cigarette and tossed it into a nearby trash

to drive us was definitely the best case scenario. If I drove, what

got into the car.

questions on the way, but drove as fast as he could to the

hadn’t even changed my shoes, and running in flip-flops was quite the task. Neil took Yara from me and strode ahead,

help, I managed to register Yara and get her examined. It turned out that she had gastroenteritis.

could easily fall ill if not taken care of

to take care of three babies of about

finally settled down, and we

you,” I sincerely thanked

entrust her child to you?” Neil asked as he

children.” I looked down at Yara,

no idea that

just drove. But my heart was in my throat because I didn’t know whether he would tell

ask, “Neil, will you tell Mitch about this?”