Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 409

“What on earth are you trying to achieve?” Neil’s words were aimed directly at me, his brow furrowed in a manner that oddly mirrored Karina.

Was he upset about me “bullying” Karina?

Was he feeling protective?

I stared back at him impassively. I was well used to him defending others. His relentless defense of Bonnie in my past life had prepared me for that, so I felt more irony than anything else

now.

“I just want a clearer picture of Dr. Karina’s actions; is there a problem with that?” I retorted.

“This is not the place for it. Let’s leave it at that.” Neil’s tone was stern, as though I was a child who had misbehaved.

If not there, then where?

At that point, Ryan and Faith chimed in, “Irene, tell us what really happened!”

I was surprised that under those circumstances, Ryan and Faith were still on my side. Once I revealed the truth, it would have not only slapped Karina’s face, but also Neil’s. If she were to truly marry into the Whitmore family, that incident would have also become a stain on the Whitmore family’s reputation.

“What exactly is going on here?” The Dean couldn’t hold back his curiosity. With so many people watching and the media invited for publicity, that turn of events was unexpected.

“The supposed patient was just someone Dr. Karina had hired! I don’t know why she did it. That’s for you to investigate!” I blurted out the truth, then handed my phone to the nearest person. They took it, bewildered, glanced at it, and then their eyes widened.

Gossip spread fast, and once a few people

to snatch the phone, but nearly everyone had already seen the

shouted, “The patient was really someone she hired!

award ceremony instantly became

leaders on stage resembled someone who had swallowed a

he would have reproached her for her actions.

whistleblower, felt like a clown, unsure if I had won or

process of discovering the truth, but I refused to explain. I just wanted to go home. After leaving the hospital, I was preparing to drive home when Ryan and Faith caught up with me. They were accompanied by Hiram, whom Neil had left

seemed to understand what had happened. Seeing me, he gritted his teeth, broke free from his grandparents’ hands, and rushed at me, pounding his small fists against me. “You hurt my mommy!

immediately grabbed him. “Hiram, you can’t behave like this. Your mommy was in the wrong,

you helping this mean lady too?” Hiram

a mean lady,” Ryan corrected Hiram. “Be a good boy and wait in the car.

serious matter, Ryan didn’t indulge Hiram at

to the car where the driver was waiting.

Ryan sighed, his face filled with displeasure. “I don’t know how Karina has been raising the child abroad. Hiram has many flaws that

has really been spoiled!” Faith also expressed her dissatisfaction with Karina. “No wonder she herself is of such character and has corrupted the child!”

didn’t want to comment on that matter, as it would have seemed

deceived Ryan and me. We thought she was at least decent, but it turns out everything was a setup to deceive us to change our impression of her. We weren’t going to come today, but Hiram insisted, so we had no choice.

as long as you don’t blame me, it’s fine.”

and slowly accepted her, letting her marry into the Whitmore family/it would have been

favoritism towards me but also

add, “This Karina, we objected to her not just because of the disparity in