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.

returned to the living room, only to see a scene that shocked me. Yara had vomited, and the vomit had gotten into her

clean up a bit, but she still seemed uncomfortable

yet, so it couldn’t be that she had choked on

Yara might have

asleep, and Norah had to stay at home to look after her, which meant I had to take Yara to the hospital by myself.

absolutely couldn’t let 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

out with Yara and frowned, looking at the baby in my arms. “So Mitch’s kid is really here with

didn’t know how to respond.

really at my place. Now that he had

the

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 can before opening his car door, “Get in.

situation, Yara was of utmost importance. Having someone to drive us was definitely the best case scenario. If I drove, what if she was alone in the backseat and started vomiting

got into

the way, but drove as

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

Yara and get her examined. It turned out that

weak immune systems and could easily fall ill if

three babies of about the same age these days, we

medicine, my heart finally settled

sincerely thanked Neil in the car.

as he drove, his voice calm and indifferent, revealing

back to deal with the other two children.” I

one. She had no idea that her parents were going through a divorce.

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

I couldn’t help but ask, “Neil, will you tell Mitch