Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 421

“Fair enough.” Neil Whitmore opened his PayPal, “Send me your payment request, I’ll settle it. I’m done playing.”

Ariana managed to muster up a small smile, opened up her PayPal.

After Neil had paid, he stood up and left to smoke outside the living room.

Mitch had been silently observing from the sidelines. His expression was unreadable, but when Ariana glanced at him, he quickly averted his gaze and retreated to the kitchen.

For Stella’s happiness, I ultimately found myself stepping outside to find Neil, who was out in the patio smoking.

He was wearing a simple black t-shirt, revealing the toned muscles of his arms. It was just right, not too skinny, not too muscular. It seemed his smoking habit was growing, as he was often seen with a cigarette in his hands.

Upon seeing me, Neil raised an eyebrow before stepping away.

I approached him once more.

“Don’t you dislike the smell of smoke?” he questioned, surprised to see me seeking him out. His eyes were focused on me, reflecting the slight irritation on my face.

I didn’t respond to his question but instead asked, “Tell me, do you know what’s going on between Mitch and Ariana?”

At the mention of their names, a meaningful look crossed Nell’s face. He glanced back towards the living room and snuffed out his cigarette beneath his shoe, “I have a hunch, what about

it?”

“How far have things gone between them?” I pressed.

“All I said was that I sensed something was off, how would I know how far they’ve taken things?” Neil looked at me, slightly exasperated, “Irene Finch, take it easy.”

I was naturally frantic, considering this matter affected Stella’s marital happiness, and my tone wasn’t the kindest.

me back to my

partnering with you and you spend quite a bit of time together, I thought I’d

gave a small laugh with a

there wasn’t a wrinkle on his face. Instead, his age seemed to

seemed that Neil was even

goodness this kind of man was no longer my husband, or else I’d have to be on guard against all sorts of other women for

we haven’t met up much privately recently. As my tone softened, so did Neil’s.

did you sense that something was off between Mitch and

there, but Mitch invited her. Also, some job promotions

this made my

insinuations in the chat history between Stella

“What’s Ariana’s educational background? Which company did she

me with a

was genuinely competent, then I could understand Mitch’s actions. But if she wasn’t, then

you know?” I admitted openly.

Mitch, but our companies aren’t merged. We each manage our people. I

nothing to say to this, as it was

investigate Ariana myself and get

spoke up again, “I could pull up her resume for

was

me a lot of time and help me figure

quid pro quo.” Neil’s gaze pinned me down,

first,” I asked

haven’t decided yet.” Neil shrugged after a moment of

I immediately rejected

help Stella, Neil wasn’t exactly the most trustworthy person. I didn’t want to fall into his trap and invite Karina’s wrath, causing

quickly moved to stop me, “I promise it won’t be anything you can’t