Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 96

I snorted in response and didn’t answer.

Neil took a look around my apartment and said, “Well, you’ve got everything set up here. You’re really standing your ground, huh?”

He took off his jacket and tossed it on a chair, sitting across from me.

“So what do you want to talk about? Speak up I asked.

“What are your thoughts? Neil countered. “My family won’t agree to us divorcing

I knew the Whitmores wouldn’t be okay with it, but Neil’s attitude shouldn’t be like this. He had always been a stubborn mufe, not giving a damn about what others thought and always finding a way around problems.

I remember his almost insane antics during my past life. Of course, I was pretty crazy too, and so was Russel. All of us revolved around Bonnie.

But why do I feel like he doesn’t seem to like Bonnie as much as he did in my past life? And Russel too, I get the same vibe from him.

“Neil, aren’t you willing to stand up to your family for Bonnie?” Hooked him in the eyes. “Are you just gonna let her be the other woman forever?”

“She’s not the other woman” Neil frowned, clearly not pleased with my choice of words.

“Then what is she?” I was utterly baffled. “Before we’re divorced, if she’s not the other woman, then what is she? An angel?”

of which were moral, and accused Bonnie of meddling in others” relationships, calling her shameless. Neil’s previous women, all involved

she might have wanted to

resolved. Your parents only have you as their son. Even if they object to you and Bonnie, as long as you persist, they will give in. Don’t they want a grandchild? Make an

dignified end to our ten–year relationship. If Neil agreed, even though I had withdrawn the papers, we could

ominous, as if a storm was brewing. I hadn’t finished when he shouted,

the rest

“Are you sure you want to divorce? Can you really let go of your

do it.” I nodded without thinking. You couldn’t overthink these things, the more you do, the more unwilling you become.

he strode over to me, pulled me up and kissed me fiercely

talk turn into this? Annoyed, I

of his mouth, then slightly stuck out his tongue and touched it with his finger,

mouth, but I didn’t care. I just dabbed it casually and said, “Who asked you to

the one overstepping, or are you?” Neil was furious. “You set off fireworks with Russel on the hospital rooftop, climbed the Obsidian Spire with Oscar, and went to an open–air concert with Simmons; isn’t that

taken aback. How did

he didn’t like me, and

are you jealous?” I asked

it but sarcastically admitted, “Yeah, I’m jealous. Can you

For the first time in ten years, he

I think I’m starting to like you. Otherwise, I could just

love had finally received a response. It was like a deep obsession that suddenly unraveled

silent for a while before I said, “Neil, you should go. I need to think about what I really want, and you should think about what you really want too.”