Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 367

After Neil left, I was in a real funk, wondering if he would ever come back to me and if he would prefer to be with me since we’ve been together for so long.

He said he loved me, but could that easily change because of Karina?

But reality was a bitter pill to swallow. The day I moved out of Rosemont, Neil was nowhere to be seen. There were no calls and no texts. The movers were bustling about, clearing out the villa; my parents were checking the inventory, and I was sitting in the garden with Daisy, eyes closed, taking a breather.

“Dr. Russel?” My mom suddenly called out.

I opened my eyes to see Russel Dawson standing at the gate. He was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and light blue pants, looking fresh as a daisy.

What was he doing there? I was taken aback.

Most of the things from my family had been moved out, and my mom didn’t have a chance to offer Russel a cup of coffee, so he just sat in the garden, shooting the breeze. Before long, the movers called my mom away, leaving Russel and me alone.

It was quite hot under the sun, and I was breaking a sweat. Russel handed me a tissue and said, “Wipe your face.”

I took the tissue and wiped my face, then asked, “What brings you here?”

“I heard your family business is being sold, and you’re all’ moving out?” Russel asked, cool as a cucumber.

“You’re so concerned about my family. I’m touched.” Maybe because I was leaving, my mom stopped pushing me to be with Russel, so I was a bit nicer to him.

“How could I not know about such a big event, unless I’m too busy to care.” Russel said with a smile…

I was silent. Yes, only those who were too busy to care wouldn’t know. Neil had been busy taking care of Karina and didn’t have time to care about our family. The only time he came to me was when he learned from Karina that I couldn’t get pregnant again.

What a joke.

a woman I had never

a woman who came back from the

laugh at myself. I was born a side

“No matter where you go, I’ll find you until the day you’re ready to reconsider

about Chloe Reynolds. A woman died for you, you know?” I reminded Russel seriously. Even though Chloe had

showed little remorse, saying,” won’t give up the most

change Russel’s

can’t get

“You see my feelings for you as a competition between him and me? A desire to win?”

shrugged, not denying it.

into a smile, “Then I need to prove to you more that I really like

packed.

interrupted our chat. I got up and said, “Russel, goodbye.”

Daisy to the car outside. We had a lot of stuff. Two big trucks were full of our belongings. My dad drove while my mom and I sat

to leave with us. Hannah’s parents were in Rosemont, and Bailey seemed to have some feelings

away, Russel stood at our gate, watching us leave. My mom kept looking back at him until, finally, she sighed and didn’t say anything. My mom chose a place far away, a city by the sea. It was a ten-hour drive from Rosemont, and by the time

find the movers already at work. It looked like they would be

get some sleep.” I said to

reply and obediently went back

rang at some point, waking me up. It was a call from

ticked off, “Rena, didn’t Neil see you off

was still cleepy and asked