Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Neil looked at me with a complex expression, as if he was taken aback by my words.

“Ms. Finch, how about showing a little decorum? What do you take me for?” Ariana retorted with a flare of anger, “I was just thinking, since I’m already here to pick up Mr. Mitch, I might as well take him home. It saves you guys the trouble. Is there something wrong with that?”

Her thin veneer of an excuse didn’t fool me, “I don’t mind the trouble, okay? In the future, please steer clear of married men. If you’re looking for a man, try a matchmaking

service.”

Ariana fell silent for a while, probably fuming.

I didn’t care and asked, “Where are you? At which bar? I’ll be right there.”

After some prodding, Ariana finally gave me an address. I looked at Neil, “You go pick him up. I need to stay home and take care of the kids.”

“We have a nanny, don’t we?” Neil seemed to want me to come with him.

“She can’t handle it all by herself. You go get Mitch. And make sure Ariana doesn’t follow!” I was a bit commanding, my mood was quite volatile, as if I had been betrayed

too.

Neil wouldn’t let it go, “Come with me. We can take advantage of Mitch’s drunken state to get the truth out of him. Who told him Yara was with you? If he’s sober, you’ll accuse me of colluding with him. Now that he’s drunk, he’ll spill the truth.”

Sometimes I had to admire Neil’s tenacity. Even in this situation, he still remembered his mission to prove his innocence through Mitch.

But I didn’t completely trust Neil. If he went alone, would he really be able to bring Mitch back? Would Ariana seize the opportunity to follow?

sake of Stella’s family, I had to be cautious.

for me,” I

inside

bath, while Serena and Brandon had fallen

suggested, “Let them sleep a bit. When they wake up, we

take care of Yara, and Serena and Brandon would sleep for at least an hour or two. This would give

stepped out of the

me. Seeing me return, he seemed

to the bar that Ariana had mentioned. I was busy with my phone the whole time, both to kill time and to avoid awkward

the road. Neil hit the brakes

okay?” Neil asked

sighed in relief, glad that we didn’t have

nodded and checked my seat belt. Once he was sure I was okay, he continued driving.

my phone but after feeling around for a bit,

I

with loose straps. As I was reaching for my phone, the left strap slipped off my

slammed the brakes and

where the dress had slipped off, revealing a

look!” I retorted casually and adjusted my

worried about wardrobe malfunctions in a dress like

that no man would be interested in my figure? What’s the difference between me having a wardrobe malfunction and a man going

awkwardly, “Idiot. I don’t

weren’t for Stella and Mitch’s situation, we wouldn’t have this sort of interaction. You know that, right?” I reminded him seriously. I felt like our conversation

to dampen Neil’s mood. He just glanced at me and didn’t say anything.