Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 497

“I can’t meet you just yet. I’ll get back to you when I can,” I said, ready to end the call.

“Don’t agree to anything with Russel Dawson!” Neil’s voice rang out just as I was about to disconnect, sounding unusually urgent.

I was taken aback, Had Neil predicted that Russel would make me an offer?

For a moment, my heart felt heavy. An absurd thought popped into my mind.

Should I visit Bonnie in prison and ask her what she would do, if she were in my shoes?

I stood alone on the balcony for a while until my phone rang again, bringing me back to reality.

“Rena, have the Whitmores and the Dawsons really started a feud?” Stella’s voice was filled with shock. “What on earth happened? Is it about you?”

“I’m not sure. How did you find out about this?” I asked, somewhat dazed.

“Mitch called me. A lot of details are still unclear, but he’s certain that there’s a major issue between Neil and Russel. He asked me to contact you…” Stella sounded awkward. “I didn’t want to get involved, but he kept bothering me, so I thought I’d ask you.”

Mitch was currently in Eldoria and couldn’t come back.

I was in a state of chaos myself and hadn’t even seen Russel yet. “Stella, let’s talk about this when I have a clearer picture. Do you know what’s happening with the Dawsons? Have you heard anything while staying in Rosemont?”

Stella thought for a moment before answering, “Russel’s father, Samuel Dawson, seems to have stepped down, but I’m not sure about the rest. I’ve been too busy with the baby.”

since Russel had been a doctor and had only briefly worked

echoed from Stella’s end, and

to get dark, and the neighborhood’s streetlights began to glow dimly, much like the state of my

is, why don’t you take a shower and rest? The kids still

look at her

groggy. I hadn’t slept well because I was worried about Neil and Russel, and I even had a nightmare. My phone buzzed was worried at it. It was a message from Neil: [I’m downstairs. Come

Sleepily, I glanced

I was wide awake. Did Neil mean he was downstairs at the Sands’?

did he know

went to the balcony to take a look. We weren’t on a high floor, so I could clearly see

standing next to it, smoking.

for two days, but now I felt a strange

my past and present lives, it was

as was Serena and Brandon. I hurriedly left the house.

He looked like he hadn’t rested well, with faint circles

you know I was here?” I suppressed the guilt in my heart and

was tinged with loneliness. He stubbed out his cigarette and threw it into a nearby trash can.

frowned slightly. “It doesn’t matter who I go to. The person I need to find is Russel.”

“Do you think he’s targeting me, so you want to

don’t want to be a femme fatale. The power struggle between you two

being criticized?” Neil raised an

was hard to tell that he was