Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 469

“Good to see you,” Mitch greeted me warmly.

This time, Hiram seemed a lot more comfortable with me, even cheerfully calling me “Ms. Finch”!

But little did he know, the consequences of my visit would lead him into facing Karina’s scolding.

With a smile, I asked Hiram, “Where are your parents?”

“They’re inside, and so are my grandparents!” Hiram enthusiastically led me in. It was his birthday, and the house was beautifully decorated.

The staff was bustling around, Neil was on a call in the living room, and Ryan was fussing with a model toy, likely a gift for Hiram. Upon seeing me, a grin flashed across Ryan’s face, “Irene’s here!”

He then picked up Serena from her stroller, “And Princess Serena too. She’s getting prettier every day!”

Ryan was visibly more relaxed with Serena this time, his affection for her clear in his words.

Instead of bringing Brandon, I chose to bring Serena because Brandon’s resemblance to Neil was growing more pronounced, and I didn’t want to stir up any unnecessary associations for Ryan and Faith.

“Ah, Irene’s here?” Faith descended from the second floor, looking as healthy as ever, save for her slightly red, swollen eyes that showed signs of recent crying.

“Hello,” I greeted politely, my eyes scanning the room for Karina. On such an important day, where could she be?

Neil noticed my tense gaze and calmly explained, “Karina had to attend to something at the hospital, and she’ll be back shortly.” I was least interested in seeing Karina. If it weren’t for Faith’s situation, I wouldn’t be here at all.

retrieved a video game console from under Serena’s stroller and gave it to Hiram. “Happy birthday, Hiram. This is my gift to you.

eyes sparkled at the sight of the console. He nodded enthusiastically, looking at me with newfound warmth, “I love it,

glances, but soon broke into pleased smiles. They were more than happy to see Hiram and me getting along.

couch. A servant brought me coffee, and there were candies and fruit on the table, all from expensive brands, indicating

first birthday since rejoining the Whitmore family, so a grand celebration was to be

was still nestled in Ryan’s arms. She seemed to enjoy the company of the Whitmore family, being well-behaved whether held by Neil or Ryan and Faith,

big eyes and cherry lips; she’s adorable. She’s going to be a

Irene,” Ryan chimed in. Without Karina around, their praises for me were explicit and warm.

didn’t say anything, merely focusing

were still one big family, and Serena was their

a string of guests arrived, all important business partners of the Whitmore

placed on

guests. Ryan handed Serena

in his game, oblivious to the buzzing activity around

last to do so, with traces

embraced Hiram. But when she noticed the game console in

put down the

Hiram to play video games, albeit with time restrictions. Why was she acting as if he wasn’t allowed to play

Hiram playing a little on his special day?” Faith intervened. The

brain. It’s not good for him either way,” Karina explained as she took the game console from Hiram and casually placed it on