Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 389

“Word has it that Neil’s parents are quite smitten with the boy. They’ve been itching to be grandparents for a while now. They must be absolutely thrilled.” My father casually mentioned.

If Ryan and Faith Whitmore ever found out that Serena and Brandon were their grandchildren, I bet they would have been over the moon.

It was not as though the Whitmores couldn’t afford to provide for them. But it was heartbreaking to know that my twins were destined to grow up without the affection of their grandparents.

No matter what, I had to do everything in my power to fill the void of love they were missing.

Three days later, Stella and Mitch returned to Eldoria, this time accompanied by their newborn. They had left the older twins with the grandparents for the time

being.

Bounding into my house with her usual enthusiasm, Stella announced, “Rena, let’s go out and have some fun!”

“Fun? What kind of fun?” I asked absentmindedly while trimming Brandon’s nails.

“There’s this couple’s retreat on an island nearby for three days and two nights. It’s just a two-hour drive from here. Let’s go!” Stella, ever the restless spirit, proposed. I refused, a bit helpless, “I can’t. I have the kids. Why don’t you and Mitch go?”

Stella pouted, “That’s no fun. You and Russel have kids together and yet you haven’t even thrown a wedding party or anything. You need to do something significant.” Then she looked at Russel and asked, “Don’t you think so, Russel?”

Russel was perched by the window, basking Serena in the sunlight. He had placed her on his lap, and his arms gently wrapped around her. The scene was heartwarming.

Every so often, Serena would wave her little hands around, seemingly enjoying the moment.

“If she wants to go, I’m all

me a teasing look. “See? He’s willing to go with you. Aren’t you going to give him an answer? It

gave me a knowing look, and his eyes were full of affectionate

with Russel. He was helping me take care of the kids of his own accord, and despite how selfish it might be to admit, I

let him back in. Deep down, they

for a few days,” my mother chimed in. “We’ll hire a nanny to

not comfortable leaving the kids.” I tried to refuse; the idea of going on a couple’s

you trust us? We’ll call you if anything happens.

agreed, “Right. You kept complaining about being bored at home when you were pregnant. Now you have a chance to get out and have some

and Stella’s encouragement, I reluctantly agreed to go,

brighter. He playfully tickled Serena,

claimed that I wasn’t a little swayed or moved, I would have been lying. At that time, I

too young to recognize their own father. If I could have accepted Russel, they might have started looking

showering them with the same

How could I have expected Russel to continue being so good to my children? He

this Friday, and I’ll pick you up!” Stella bade me goodbye, then took

that they might-have struggled to manage, and I was wary of the

service and received profiles of some top-notch nannies. The choice was mine

without wasting any time, had her come to my house on Friday morning. After briefing

charge of driving, while Stella

towards the island that was to be our home

the drive, I listened to music and occasionally made small talk, which was mostly about

we had to take a ferry: Russel parked the car, and