Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 203

If my memory served me right, my neighbors moved abroad ages ago and only popped back in for a flying visit every once in a blue moon. I had been living here for donkey years and I had only bumped into them once or twice.

Now, had this mansion been sold to Neil?

I couldn’t stop Neil from buying the house, but the thought of us being neighbors again gave me the creeps.

He used to be my neighbor across the way in another country, and now he was my neighbor again.

The idea of him being my neighbor again didn’t exactly have me jumping for joy, but there was something else that piqued my interest.

“Russel put Finn behind bars, but someone’s got Bonnie’s back. I don’t buy that her stepparents did it. Was it you?” I asked.

Besides Neil, I couldn’t think of anyone else who could keep Russel in check.

I knew Russel must have pulled the family strings, but I didn’t get why his parents would let him.

Neil, with his hands in his pockets, radiated a kind of glow.

“She’s my girlfriend, so I helped her. What’s wrong with that?” He asked me.

I laughed at his response, “Ha, nothing wrong with that. Give her my thanks. If it wasn’t for her drama, I wouldn’t even be with Russel.

Upon hearing my response, Neil’s face turned stormy.

I turned on my heel and made a beeline for home.

Upon arriving home, my mom was fussing over a pot of flowers in the living room. She asked, “Did you know that the house next door had been sold?“

I took a seat, speechless.

I’m not sure who bought it yet. Let’s pop over and say hi to our new neighbors tonight. Mom said with a hint of a smile on her face.

kind of an unwritten rule here. Every time a new neighbor moved in, the rest of us would go and say

on Mom’s plan, “Let’s not. It’s not

Mom looked

isn’t someone you’d want to meet. You’ll just end

looked baffled, “Someone I don’t want to meet? A business competitor?”

a word, afraid that the mere mention

one to be easily fooled. After I didn’t react to any other names she threw

be long before she found out anyway. It was

move next door? Isn’t

feeling Neil was deliberately flaunting his preserice, but he and Bonnie were about to get engaged;

with me

bought this house as an investment; he’s always been a fan of buying properties.” I tried to keep my cool

looked skeptical, ‘Really? They’re getting engaged?’

as proof to show that everything I said was true.

with her at the

seemed relieved, but her tone quickly changed to one of anger, “I knew those two were up to something behind the scenes, and they even had the nerve to bother you. They’re way

them. If it comes to it, I can move out; it’s no problem.” I suggested

lot of headaches. I needed to

and find somewhere else to

don’t tell anyone. He definitely can’t find

plan in mind, I no longer felt anxious. I spent the afternoon playing the plane to

8 am every day and drive myself to

these past few days, every time I step out the door,

same route as me. I just gave him the cold shoulder.

office early today for a meeting in the conference room” i got a text from Mom early

she must have been waiting for me in the conference room by now.

leaving the community gate, I noticed Neill’s

he honked twice, as if to hurry

of his sight as