Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 156

“Al, let’s get some breath?”

The moment Russel showed up, Barbara quickly stood up, grabbed Alicia, and left. Both of them, like Stella, believed that Russel had a thing for me and even encouraged me behind my back to accept him. They thought it would not only piss off Neil, but also would get me a good man.

But of course, I flatly refused I didn’t want to exploit Russel’s feelings

The more genuine people are to me, the less I want to take advantage of them.

Dr. Russel you’re looking dashing today”” I complimented him sincerely

“How dashing am 17 Russel sat down beside me, asking with a smile.

In a teasing tone, I said, “So dashing that half of the young women in the room are sneaking peeks at you. Haven’t you noticed? Or are you shortsighted?” Russel glanced around the room. Indeed, there were many young women, all beautiful and affluent.

His gaze remained steady, then he turned to me, “What about you? Have you been sneaking peeks at me too?”

I awkwardly avoided his gaze. Of course, I had been watching him, but my watching was different from that of the other women. I was merely observing how popular Russel was.

With his good looks, I could not help but admire Bonnie for being the only one he liked in my past life.

Bonnie truly had a perfect alignment of time, place, and people in conquering Neil and Russel. Karina’s heart and her own tactics were both indispensable

In this life, Russel was not in love with Bonnie anymore but seemed interested in me

Although I felt a little embarrassed, deep down, I felt a bit triumphant. His liking me was proof that I was attractive.

‘sneaking a peek in our case, is it?” I answered

sound right indeed, Russel smiled. Didn’t you invite Neil?”

and the Whitmores have some business collaborations. Business isn’t like marriage; you

fit of anger, it would definitely harm both families interests, and my family’s loss

inviting anyone from the Whitmore family could be seen as my moms deliberate provocation for the Whitmore family,

invite him?”

getting

earnestly, ‘No, aren’t you aware of the

Russel, I believed Mitch must

transplanted into Bonnie, a

“I know I didn’t expect such a twist, I think Neil doesn’t truly love Bonnie. He just feels guilty

important?” |

explained, “Suppose you love Neil deeply, and then he leaves you. Later you find out another

his words, trying to understand from his

and I hadn’t had these issues and were a loving couple, I would definitely feel the world falling apart if he suddenly

I do, it s of no use. I won’t turn back. Life is unpredictable. Back then, I chased after

him to fall in love with Karina, whom he had just met I paid a five-year price

deepened. “Hmm, you’re still young and have many choices.

definitely start a new life, but before that, I needed to

to share my plan with Russel, but I held back. Aside from Oscar, I hadn’t told anyone else about

about it, the less safe it

mom’s birthday party, Bailey told me there was a birthday gift from Neil in the car. He had waited downstairs for

was a beautifully wrapped gift box in the car I didn’t open it, just

expression was complex. My dad, on the other hand, said

nor

dad sent Bailey to return Neil’s

took the gift and