Chapter 379

Once upon a time, Karina was the one who had fallen for Russel first before ending up with Neil, so it was only natural that Russel was a bit more than just a friend for her.

His words, at that moment, could still strike a chord.

“Mommy, who’s that man?” Hiram asked.

“He’s an old friend of mommy’s, sweetie, and he knew your daddy too.” Karina was always so patient with Hiram, her voice soft and gentle, always revealing how much she treasured her little boy.

As soon as I got in the car, I took the child from my mother’s arms. I simply couldn’t resist the urge to hold them.

But my mother wasn’t in the best mood. She glanced out of the window and sighed, “It never ends. First Bonnie Tueley, now Karina. Rena, you need to cut all ties with Neil. He can’t make you happy!”

The main issue was that Neil had found me, making my parents anxious. Now that I was carrying his children, they worried that I might have a change of heart and return to him for the sake of having a “complete family.” I

But I had never thought of doing so. In fact, I had already decided to take the kids and move overseas as soon as my health permitted.

If Karina could disappear overseas with her child for years without anyone knowing, why couldn’t I do the same?

For my children, I was willing to try anything.

I shared my plan with my parents as soon as we got home. But they disagreed, fearing that raising two kids overseas by myself would be too strenuous. It wasn’t about the money but the mental exhaustion.

If I insisted on going, they wanted to join me.

parents. They surely wanted to watch

and couldn’t

up their company to move here had been a huge change

if they were to go overseas with me. I

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many places. Don’t worry!” I tried to reassure them. “I’ll

able to help!” My mother was worried sick and insisted on joining me. “We can all came back

do, Russel spoke up. “Mr. Finch and Mrs. Finch, if you trust me, I can go with Rena. I promise I’ll take good care of

were taken aback by Russel’s words and didn’t know

If I was going to avoid Neil by going abroad, there was no point in

into it.

the

it that way. “You were fine when you were abroad alone. But now you have two children who need care. You’re

a nanny.” I had my own

a stranger in a foreign land?”

accompany you, your father and I will

won’t work!” I stuck

“Either you and Russel go

force you, but sometimes you must listen to us. Russel was okay with it. Please, for our

I could reply, a baby started crying, and

went to the kitchen. My father and Russel

help my mother in the kitchen. I

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