Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chatper 423

Chapter 423

“Quit pretending.” I outed Neil, “I’m just a bit puzzled why you’re doing this.”

Neil responded calmly, “I just don’t want you to waste any more time.”

“Alright then,” I didn’t press the issue.

If Neil admitted he was doing this on purpose, I wouldn’t know how to react.

On our way back, Neil’s phone rang, it was a call from Karina.

He didn’t use a headset, he answered directly, so I could hear their conversation clearly.

“Neil, are you at Mitch’s place?” Karina’s voice was soft.

“Uh-huh, what’s up?” There was something about Nell’s demeanor that always seemed off to me.

Sometimes it seemed like he was really in love with Karina, yet his tone always felt distant. Sometimes I thought he was with Karina out of a sense of duty, but then there were times when I caught the way he looked at her, and it was unlike how he looked at other people.

It was all too confusing.

Karina must have been in the hospital corridor, every once in a while, you could hear someone calling for a nurse and some background chatter. But her voice was still clear, “Will you be home for dinner then? Hiram has been nagging about wanting you to take him to the carnival, there’s an event going on tonight.”

Just as Neil was about to reply, my phone also rang. It was a call from my mom, I chose to decline it and sent a text message instead.

But Karina was no fool, after a brief pause, she asked, “Why is Ms. Finch at your place?”

Neil and I exchanged glances, and Karina chimed in, “It’s no big deal. I won’t overthink. I just heard her ringtone and figured she was there. She and Stella are good friends, so it’s normal for you guys to have dinner together.”

home for dinner,” Neil didn’t keep the conversation

Hiram and I will be waiting for you.” With that, Karina ended the call.

Here I was with Neil, and she

she

Stella’s place, I knew something was

living room was filled with an invisible tension. Stella was

hand, had red-rimmed eyes

troubled, his face

Neil asked as he

had accompanied Ariana explained in a

come out for a drink and saw Ariana using her personal mug. This set Stella off, and she smashed the mug on the floor,

darted to Mitch. I wanted to know where he stood amid all this. Was he

Ariana, then he

deliberately avoided my gaze when he felt

proposed this in front

looked incredibly upset and

Mitch looked shocked and disbelieving. “Divorce?

not just about this, Mitch, you’ve changed,” Stella was convinced that Mitch

scumbag, had been

A surge

anger welled up within me. I turned to Ariana and said, “Ariana, you’ve caused enough trouble for this

drink of water. I didn’t deliberately choose

floor. On the larger pieces, you could clearly see the pattern. On the table was another

of the meaning behind

person with normal intelligence and vision could

table and asked Mitch, “This is your mug, isn’t it?”

now

green.

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