Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 502

“You’re a businessman, Neil, you should be thinking about what’s good for business. What you’re doing is nothing but folly. You’ll regret it, I tried to appeal to Neil’s pragmatic side. Neil just gave a cold, indifferent chuckle, as if I’d just told the funniest joke in the world.

And maybe I had. I mean, these words must’ve been repeated to him by Ryan Whitmore and Mitch so many times that they’d lost all meaning. In fact, they were practically a punchline at this point.

The task Faith gave me was looking impossible. The feud between Neil and Russel had been so fierce, it had torn their families apart. No one had been able to mediate between them so far. Why did I think I could?

“What brought you here today?” I asked, eager to shift the topic.

“Have you seen Russel?” Neil’s gaze was sharp, suspicious, as if he was afraid I’d lie.

I grunted in confirmation, not keen on going into details.

Neil acted surprised. “That’s why he suddenly backed off. What did you tell him to change his mind?”

He leaned in closer, a smirk playing on his lips. “Did you offer yourself to him?”

I instinctively backed away. Every time Neil got too close, I felt like a sheep cornered by a

wolf.

Seeing my reaction, Neil’s smirk grew wider. “Did you really?”

“You’re crazy!” I snapped back, my patience wearing thin.

Neil’s smirk faded, replaced by a relieved sigh. “If you had, I’d make sure you regretted it.”

have every right to reject Russel, not because I’m afraid of your threats, but because I don’t feel

rejecting Russel, I don’t care. I’m just interested in the end result,” Neil said, unfazed by

his

testing Neil’s reaction. “She’s still in

“I’ll handle it. I won’t marry

caught me off guard, reminding me of Serena and

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he found out about

right to take Hiram? Karina raised him by herself. You weren’t there for them. If Hiram had to choose, he’d choose his mother, wouldn’t

back, “I never refuse to take care

Karina had hidden her pregnancy and birth from

to come looking for me with Hiram, right?”

Neil squinted at me suspiciously. “Why do you care that? Are you in a similar situation?”

beat. I barely managed to keep

on a tightrope, with the risk of falling at any moment. If Neil

I

“I told you before, if you’re suspicious, you can always

likely Neil was to avoid the issue. He didn’t want to face the possibility

he finally said. “If I want kids, it’s simple.”

it was. He could remarry and have as many kids as he wanted. I echoed his words, “Yes, it is. So

tongue,” Neil muttered, eyeing my lips. ” find it tiresome to talk to you. You never say anything

an end to this feud, that’d be best for everyone,” I retorted, not bothering to hide

a frosty look.