Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Neil looked at me with a complex expression, as if he was taken aback by my words.

“Ms. Finch, how about showing a little decorum? What do you take me for?” Ariana retorted with a flare of anger, “I was just thinking, since I’m already here to pick up Mr. Mitch, I might as well take him home. It saves you guys the trouble. Is there something wrong with that?”

Her thin veneer of an excuse didn’t fool me, “I don’t mind the trouble, okay? In the future, please steer clear of married men. If you’re looking for a man, try a matchmaking

service.”

Ariana fell silent for a while, probably fuming.

I didn’t care and asked, “Where are you? At which bar? I’ll be right there.”

After some prodding, Ariana finally gave me an address. I looked at Neil, “You go pick him up. I need to stay home and take care of the kids.”

“We have a nanny, don’t we?” Neil seemed to want me to come with him.

“She can’t handle it all by herself. You go get Mitch. And make sure Ariana doesn’t follow!” I was a bit commanding, my mood was quite volatile, as if I had been betrayed

too.

Neil wouldn’t let it go, “Come with me. We can take advantage of Mitch’s drunken state to get the truth out of him. Who told him Yara was with you? If he’s sober, you’ll accuse me of colluding with him. Now that he’s drunk, he’ll spill the truth.”

Sometimes I had to admire Neil’s tenacity. Even in this situation, he still remembered his mission to prove his innocence through Mitch.

But I didn’t completely trust Neil. If he went alone, would he really be able to bring Mitch back? Would Ariana seize the opportunity to follow?

of Stella’s family, I had to be cautious.

for me,” I told

went back inside the house.

had already given Yara a bath, while Serena and Brandon

suggested, “Let them sleep a bit. When they wake up, we can

Norah could take care of Yara, and Serena and Brandon would sleep for at least

phone and stepped

me return, he seemed to crack a

busy with my phone the whole time, both to kill time and to avoid

Neil hit the brakes hard. My body jolted forward due

Neil asked immediately.

fine, just dropped my phone,” I sighed in relief, glad

Once he

phone but after feeling around for a bit, I couldn’t find

I

was wearing a purple sundress with loose straps. As I was reaching for my phone, the left strap slipped off

Neil slammed the brakes and

can’t you dress properly?” Neil scolded me. He was looking at my shoulder, where the dress had slipped off, revealing a bit more than it should

don’t have to look!” I retorted casually and adjusted my

before you go out? Aren’t you worried about wardrobe malfunctions

to say that no man would be interested in my figure? What’s the difference between me having a wardrobe

“Idiot. I don’t want to argue

Mitch’s situation, we wouldn’t have this sort of interaction. You know that, right?” I reminded him seriously. I felt like our conversation was too light-hearted, which was inappropriate. I was

mood. He just glanced at me and didn’t