Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 221

I was planning to have a simple dinner with Russel, trying to calm the roller-coaster of emotions I was feeling today, but things didn’t go according to plan.

“Russel, you’re eating here?” A woman barged into our sightline. She looked a bit younger than me, with a sweet oval face.

I recognized that voice. It was the same voice of the woman who answered Russel’s phone this morning.

I didn’t speak and just silently stared at Russel.

Russel gave me a quick glance. He seemed to relax a bit after seeing that I had no particular reaction. He answered coldly, “Yes. I’m having dinner with my girlfriend.”

The woman immediately turned to me and gave me a gentle smile, “Are you Irene? You’re so pretty! No wonder Russel is so smitten with you.”

“Hello” I replied politely.

“Hello, I’m Chloe Reynolds. I answered Russel’s phone this morning. I’m really sorry about that. Please forgive me.” The woman looked genuinely remorseful, without a hint of pretense.

I was moved by her gentleness and sincerity. So I just nodded slightly. “It’s okay Russel has explained it to me. I trust him.”

Chloe answered cheerfully, “That’s good! I was afraid you’d misunderstand.”

After speaking, she gave Russel another look.

From that single glance, I could see that her affection for Russel went way beyond friendship. But her eyes were full of restraint, as if she were trying her best to control her emotions.

After Chloe left, I jokingly asked, “Does Ms. Reynolds have a crush on you?”

“No.” Russel’s answer was swift. It seemed like he didn’t want to dwell on this topic.

I nodded, choosing not to pry further.

The night grew deeper. After bidding Russel goodbye, I drove to the hospital to visit my mom. Now there were specialized caregivers taking care of her, so i didn’t need to worry too much.

medical equipment that was keeping my mom alive was not working. I immediately checked and found that the power had

quickly reconnected the power

mom. Luckily, I

was racing, and my mind was a mess. After the doctor and nurse left, the caregiver finally returned to

did it. Someone called me, saying you had left something downstairs for me to collect. I was only away for ten

that phone number” I asked.

me the phone. I checked the call history. It was a temporary online

only had one solution, which was

the hospital allow me to view the surveillance. They agreed but said it would take

emphasizing that I needed 24 hour care. I was willing to

row, I was taking care of both my mom and the company’s affairs with hardly any rest. After work,

car.

‘Knock, knock!”

me up. It was already pitch dark outside with

face appeared outside the car window. Then I rolled down the window.

the car, arent you afraid of

up?” As soon as I finished speaking. I realized my voice was

annoyed while listening to me talk, “Haven’t you been sleeping these past

I look worn out, but there was

of the car,

a voice came from

it

Kitty saw me, she looked surprised. She came over, looked at Neil and then at me, then laughed, “Mr. Iceberg, you live next

gave her an unhappy look. He asked, “How did you get

held out an ID card

saying that she was going after

progress was quite

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her and said with a grim