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.”

wrong with his health, he wouldn’t do this, especially since

from Stella’s end, and our

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

is, why

to look at her and

next morning, I woke up feeling 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:

Sleepily, I glanced

mean he was downstairs at

did he know I

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

next

hadn’t seen him for two days, but now I felt a strange sense of guilt towards him.

was the first time I felt guilty towards Neil because, in both my past and present lives, it was mostly him

Hannah were still asleep, as was Serena and

hadn’t rested well, with faint circles

I suppressed

are?” Neil smirked. His smile was still charming, but it was tinged with loneliness. He stubbed out his cigarette and

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

lightly. He asked, “Do you think he’s targeting me, so you want

power struggle between you two is affecting too many people. If it comes out that it was because of me, I’ll probably face a lot of criticism.

afraid of being criticized?” Neil raised

was hard to tell that he was facing a major