Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 220

I didn’t plan on inviting Neil for meal, but since he already started munching, my words just choked back.

Indeed, he’s been a big help today, he even went the extra mile and ordered a feast. He’s been quite thoughtful

I focused on my food, doing my best to ignore Neil He’s always quiet when eating, giving our meal a serene ambiance.

Just as we were halfway through, Neil’s phone started buzzing non stop, probably someone bombarding him with messages.

He glanced at his phone, an annoyed expression on his face. I bet it was either Bonnie or Scarlett blowing up his phone.

“Neil, go handle your business.” I took the chance to say.

“No. Let’s continue eating. Neil peeled a shrimp and put it on my plate, replying nonchalantly.

I looked at the shrimp on my plate, feeling a bit mixed up. We weren’t at that lovey dovey stage yet.

So, I put the shrimp back on Neil’s plate. He gave me a meaningful look and asked, “Are you disgusted by me?”

I shook my head, “No. I just don’t feel like eating shrimp.”

He got the message, didn’t say anything else, and just ate the shrimp himself.

By the time we were almost done, Neil’s phone started ringing again This time was a call. I sneakily glanced, and the caller ID read “Annoying Fool”. Annoying Fool? That nickname felt a bit ambiguous. But it definitely wasn’t referring to Bonnie.

Neil glanced at his phone and hung up. I quietly continued eating

“I’ll clean up” Seeing Neil about to clear up the table, I stood up and said I was feeling a lot better, like my fever had subsided.

“I got this” Neil ignored me, dumped the leftovers in the bin, and carefully took out the trash.

as agitated as last night. He was calm throughout, but I

cleaned myself up

glance at his yard. He was on the phone. My intuition told me it was probably that “Annoying Fool”. Neil saw my

phone rang. It was Russel

heart sank. That woman’s voice today crushed the feelings I was beginning to

this jealousy? I wasn’t

did I plan on calling him back. I just drove straight to the office parking lot.

stepped into the office, my assistant, who’d been waiting for a while, rushed over to speak. When I arrived at my office, I found several shareholders waiting for me. Their goal was simple. They thought I couldn’t handle the responsibility of managing the company, so they wanted me to transfer some of my mom’s shares to them and share

to happen. I argued with them for a while, feeling completely worn

everyone else left at the end of the

landline rang. It was

Finch, Mr. Russel is here. He wants to see you. Are you available?”

the office? I frowned, “Let him

Russel walked into my office, looking a

Russel a glass of water and said,

despair, and sat down on the

him. We both remained silent. He must’ve

this morning, I was about to go into a meeting, so someone else picked up.

decided to get straight to the point. I’ve been busy recently, and bottling up things would just make me more annoyed.

happened to visit me at the office this morning. After she picked up your call, my phone died, so I

but I didn’t quite buy

a

actually didn’t have anything important. I just wanted to

of apologies, “This won’t happen again. Are you off work?

in the mood for dinner now? I’m thinking about how

said, “No, thanks. I want to go home and rest early

something was off from my response, You don’t