Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 199

That abandoned mansion must have been rigged with surveillance gear, for sure.

Bonnie’s plan was to keep me and Russel under her thumb, so Neil would give up.

I’ve gotta thank her for that.

Now that I’ve chosen to be with Russel, I don’t give a rat’s ass about the bad press. But I do worry about my parents, especially my dad; he was in a particular line of work where all this news would bother him.

The internet was buzzing with comments. Most of them were discussing that the relationships in our circle were a hot mess.

Some folks didn’t know when to quit. They were calling out Neil on social media to come see what was going on between his ex-wife and his best friend.

Under normal circumstances, Neil should have sent someone to do some PR, but he didn’t react, as if he just vanished.

After getting discharged, I rested at home for a day and then went straight back to work.

“Ms. Finch, these are your flowers: please sign for them” Around noon, a courier delivered a large bouquet of beautiful flowers.

I was surprised, but after I signed and read the card, I realized that they were from Russel.

He had really nice handwriting.

The other employees saw this and started cracking jokes. They must have seen the news these past few days. But because of who I am, they never brought it up in front of me; instead, they were really nice to me.

This was the first time I received flowers at work. I felt a bit embarrassed but also really content.

Soon after, Russel called. “Did you get the flowers?”

“I did, thank you. They’re beautiful.” I replied.

you like them; free for dinner tonight?

about their condition on his end of the line. He said in a low voice, “Message me on WhatsApp.” I quickly hung up, not wanting to

that night. It would be our first

and change before heading to

I got a call from the police. “Ms. Finch, about your previous kidnapping, we’ve made some progress

ten minutes, I felt quite down. Just as I suspected, Finn and Bonnie hadn’t been punished; instead, Finn’s underlings took the fall. I

like having dinner with me?” Russel noticed my gloomy

cunning that my accusations as the victim can’t

comforted me gently, “It’s okay, I’ll take care of it.”

will

influence to do things. He just wanted to be a simple doctor, which was not bad, but

him and me had been all over the internet, hadn’t

that I’d try to avoid contacting or meeting him, but now that things were this way, I guess the Dawson family would have a bigger bone to pick with me.

would face even more pressure.

smile. “For now, let’s just enjoy our meal; don’t

slightly, choosing to trust

I really enjoyed this rare peace. I had a normal love life and a stable job. No one was bothering me, and I didn’t have

Finn turned himself in. But he

had a hunch that this was

managed to

from Russel. ‘Finn’s Issue has been sorted out, but Bonnie’s situation is tricky. You’ll

a bit puzzled. Why did

to go wedding dress shopping

I was

skipping the engagement and

come with me for

man. He