Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 495

“How can you stop it?”

Karina, however, wasn’t ready to drop the subject. She was completely indifferent to the increasingly sour expression on Faith’s face.

“Enough!” Faith finally snapped, her brows furrowed. “Let’s put an end to this. We’ll handle whatever happens as it comes. What’s the point of all this talk?”

I remained silent. Even if Faith liked me, she wouldn’t side with me unconditionally on such a crucial issue.

My relationship with Russel was already a blatant insult to Neil. Yet, the Whitmore family didn’t care about the talk of the town and continued to treat me as always.

Karina smiled at me. “Fine, we won’t talk about it. I believe that you are a responsible person, Ms. Finch. If there’s any conflict because of you, I’m sure you’ll find a way to resolve it.”

I didn’t answer, only gave her a cool glance before continuing on my way.

On the way back, it was clear Faith was in a terrible mood. Her face was visibly gloomy, but she tried to reassure me, “Irene, I’m not blaming you. Just thinking about all this drama is exhausting.”

“I understand, Faith.” I managed a small smile. Even if Faith blamed me, she had every right to.

The prerequisite, of course, was that the Whitmore Co. issue was indeed Russel’s doing.

After returning to the hotel, I immediately dialed Russel’s number. It rang for a long while with no answer.

A sense of unease crept over me, making me restless. If Russel had simply had a falling out with Neil, I could console myself. But if it involved finance and business, I couldn’t sit idly by.

business partners.

sent a message to Russel:

three minutes later, he called

you?” As soon as I

noise on his end, but it

up in me. “Are you still hiding from me? Did you quit your job? Are you back in

few seconds, then responded with unnatural calmness, “Yes, I’m in

wanted to confront Russel directly about whether he was

ensuing silence, Russel broached the subject himself. “You know about the

did you do it?” I didn’t want to beat around the bush.

suspect me? I just got back a few days ago and haven’t had a chance to tell

gone back. If the problem wasn’t serious, he wouldn’t have rushed back. What did you

you worried about him or

and felt defeated. “I’m worried about both of you. If you think I’m still

Even if you still have Neil in your heart, I’m willing to take time to replace him.

of frustration and anger,

was tongue-tied because I hadn’t managed to keep my distance from

sorry.” All my thoughts coalesced into these three words. I didn’t know what else to say.

out of my feud with Neil.” Russel gave me two

options was

soften my tone and pleaded with him, “Russel, wait. Can

Rosemont.” With that, Russel hung up.