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.

only to see a scene that shocked me. Yara had vomited, and the vomit

her clean up a bit, but she still seemed uncomfortable

on? I hadn’t fed her yet, so it couldn’t be that she had

she immediately suggested that Yara might have a problem with

were still asleep, and Norah had to stay at home to look after her, which meant I

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, a thin stream

baby in my arms. “So Mitch’s kid is really here

didn’t know how to

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

let Mitch take the baby away before Stella returned!

that something was off with Yara. He stubbed out his cigarette and tossed it into a

the current situation, Yara was of utmost importance. Having someone to drive us was definitely the best case scenario. If

I got into the

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

But in my rush to leave the house, I hadn’t even changed my shoes, and running in flip-flops was quite the task. Neil took Yara from me and strode ahead, his pace much faster than

register Yara and get

immune systems and could easily fall ill if

babies of about the same age these days, we might have neglected

finally settled down, and we

thanked Neil in the car.

entrust her child to you?” Neil asked as he

children.” I looked down at Yara, who

that

was in my throat because I didn’t know whether he would

ask, “Neil, will you tell Mitch about