Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 248

The elevator door slowly closed, and Bonnie’s eyes were filled with resentment, staring at me like a vengeful ghost in a horror movie

This ghost woman seemed to be constantly haunting me. In my past life, I was madly trying to find her, intrigued by whatever charm she had that could obsess Nel so much.

In this life, though, I just wish she would stay the hell away from me and not show up in front of me anymore.

After leaving the hotel, I rushed straight back to work.

Just as I arrived at the office, my phone started to ring. It was Neil calling “Why didn’t you tell me when you left?” he asked.

“Why should 17” I responded, not getting his point.

“I was going to ride with you back, I didn’t drive here” Neil sounded like he was treating me as his personal chauffeur. He added, “You drove me here, don’t you remember?”

His unreasonable words left me speechless. After a moment of silence, I finally asked, “Don’t you have your own chauffeur? Or maybe Louis could give you a lift”

Neil responded coldly, “You drove me here, so you should drive me back.”

I didn’t have time for Neils nonsense and hung up on him.

After a long day at work, I left the office exhausted and rushed to the hospital to visit my mom

“Ms. Finch, another man came to visit your mother in the past two days. He seemed to have worked here before, the nurse told me.

I nodded silently because I knew it was Russel.

I wondered if his injuries were getting better. The fight with Neil that night left both of them hurt, but Russel seemed to be the worse off

1 held back from asking, not wanting to give him any false hope

“Oh, and he asked me to give you this. The nurse handed me a small box, beautifully packaged and unopened.

but didn’t open

size of a thumbnail

to you once this all blew over, but I know you can’t hold on any longer”

sudden pang in my heart, and

but if I insisted on being with him, it would only

while. I put away the

it to me, I would

Russel that night at the bar, I hadn’t heard from him for a while. Even Mitch didn’t have any news about him.

you really broke his heart this time, Stella

know I shouldn’t have been with him in the first place. I took

so against your relationship, and you never told us…. If you had spoken up earlier, we wouldnt have pushed you to be with Russel,

didnt respond, just silently sipping my

held my hand. “You should cut back on the booze You’re turning

me, I might not have realized how much I’d been drinking lately, often before bedtime, to

relax, but I knew it wasnt healthy, especially given

I’d lost a lot of weight and wanted

to a party’ Stella, who had been engrossed in

and invited us along Stella loved this kind of lively event, so she immediately agreed.

good way to unwind. Maybe being in a lively atmosphere would help

only to be surprised.

out to

Kitty

your birthday?” I asked, a bit embarrassed, “Sorry, I didn’t have time

asked him to bring some friends to my birthday party,” Kitty pointed at Mitch, Cooper, and

there was hardly any sight of Russel in their gatherings now.

pulled me aside, “You know

she’s one of Neil’s pursuers,” I replied, 1

me