Chapter 235

Before I could utter a word, Neil had already left.

I glanced around the relatively clean kitchen and shook my head helplessly.

It was around nine when Harold came back, looking stern and serious. An uneasy feeling crept up on me

“Rena, someone’s pulling strings behind the scenes on your dad’s case, and they’re pretty powerful,” Harold said.

This took me by surprise. I couldn’t imagine my dad having such formidable enemies at work. Weren’t his troubles all manufactured by Bonnie?

Could Bonnie possibly have an even bigger backer?

Or maybe it was Gloria!

“Your dad’s been detained and is under investigation. Proving his innocence will be complicated. I’m worried that this might affect your family’s business, so we need to secure the company first, Harold added

I immediately told him I planned to seek help from my uncles.

Harold agreed with my plan. His own company mainly operated overseas, so he might not be able to provide much help.

For my dad’s sake, Harold would stay in the country for a while. I was immensely grateful for his help. His presence made me feel much safer

Next on the agenda was to find my uncles, I couldn’t handle the company affairs alone.

After a long day of hustle and bustle, I returned home, exhausted

“You’re back?” This time, Neil was waiting for me at my front door with two middle-aged men and a bunch of renovation tools.

Seeing those tools, I was agitated. “Are you really having my kitchen repainted?”

Neil

forehead. He was really idle, doing such boring things.

he wouldn’t rest until the kitchen was repainted, so I

now my neighbor. He was taken aback when I

Neil didn’t seem surprised. He had probably known all

he took the workers into the kitchen and

looked at me puzzled. “Rena, isn’t that Neil? Didn’t you guys get divorced?”

He accidentally set my kitchen on fire and brought people to fix it. That’s all,” hastily explained

odd. My ex-husband turned neighbor had accidentally torched my kitchen. It didnt make

dad hated Neil, and Harold must’ve known that, so his expression got stern as he

kitchen by then. He just sat at the dining table,

explain everything with Neil nearby. I just told him

make the same mistake again,” Harold

understand I’ll explain everything to you

out a sigh of relief, only to turn around and see Nel already in

No sooner had Harold left

I said, “Now even

doesnt matter as long as you have a clear

stir up

who’s being secretive, not being honest,”

remain silent. I picked up my bag and headed upstairs to shower, hoping that

of the shower. Neil was sitting

long? I changed into fresh clothes and went downstairs, and headed straight to the

kitchen, which was already clean, now looked brand new after being worked on by the

be almost done You guys can

heads “Mr. Whitmore didn’t say we could

back to the living room to find

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