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.

once a few people in the crowd knew, it would have naturally disseminated.

nearly everyone had already seen the contents.

justice, shouted, “The patient was really someone she hired! Isn’t

award ceremony

resembled someone who had

He glanced at Karina, and I thought he would have reproached her for her actions. Instead, he walked through the crowd, took Karina’s hand, and led her away from the scene.

a clown, unsure

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

his teeth, broke free from his grandparents’ hands, and rushed at me, pounding his small fists against me. “You hurt my mommy! How could you be so mean? My mommy didn’t

him. “Hiram, you can’t behave like this. Your mommy was

mean lady too?” Hiram whimpered and cried, then

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

didn’t indulge Hiram at all and was even quite

way to the car

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

expressed her dissatisfaction with Karina. “No wonder she herself

I didn’t want to comment on that matter, as it would have seemed too deliberate.

did nothing wrong today. She almost 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

you don’t blame me, it’s fine.”

If we didn’t know her true colors and slowly accepted her, letting her marry into the Whitmore family/it would have been a

not only for their favoritism towards me but also for their clear sense of right and wrong.

help but add, “This Karina, we objected to her not just because of the disparity in our social status!”