Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 290

I was exhausted and totally wiped out. I felt like I was floating. Other than impatiently shoving Neil away, I had no energy to resist.

I couldn’t get a wink of sleep in this state. I cracked open my eyes only to find that it was the break of dawn outside.

I slept till noon, and Neil didn’t go to work today either. He was catching up on sleep, like me.

“Russel’s engagement party is tomorrow; are you going?” He asked me lazily while he was still half asleep.

“I don’t know.” I replied nonchalantly.

The truth was that I had already decided not to go. Chloe had texted me, so there was no way I was gonna cause her trouble.

Neil was messing with my hair, then gave a slight rub, “You shouldn’t go. What if he runs off when he sees you?”

I opened my eyes fully, staring at the sunlight outside The weather looked nice today.

Neil didn’t get an answer from me and seemed a bit miffed, so he pinched my lips.

This childish act annoyed me, so I swatted him away. “Who are you to control me? Aren’t you going?”

Neil was quiet for a while, then said, “Of course I’m going, but you and I are different.”

Neil and Russel had been friends for years. Although their friendship had gone sour, they still needed to mind their manners on such an occasion. After all, he did attend when Neil and I got married.

I didn’t answer. I was pondering whether I should send them an engagement gift. Even though I was not attending, it was still appropriate to send a gift.

As I was thinking, my phone buzzed. It was from Chloe. “Ms. Finch, I’m very sorry. Please ignore what I said before. Please come to our engagement party tomorrow. I want him to give up completely”

Chloe was really giving me a headache; she was so wishy-washy.

replied, “If I’m

Chloe didn’t reply.

sour, “What do you mean ‘if

love with him since I’m not willing to face reality. You wouldn’t want people to think that way after we get back

few seconds, as if

definitely wouldn’t want anyone to associate me with Russel.

while, Neil agreed, “Then you’ll go as

date?” I hesitated. Although I had told people close to me that we were back together, the public didn’t know yet. If I attended Russel’s engagement party with Neil, everyone would know that we were

eyes narrowed dangerously, as if he would

I shook

my

resistance, “It’s not that. Kitty will be there too

right? This will be public sooner or later, so there’s no need to hide.”

If I refused again, Neil

bed a while longer, then got up, got dressed, and went downstairs. As soon as we got down,

an apron, holding a plate of food. After seeing Neil and me, she immediately said, “Ms. Finch, Mr. Whitmore, good morning! I happened to be free today, so I decided to cook instead of the maid. Give it

over to the dining table; her

been a housewife for years, so

praised her, “Looks delicious! But you’re our guest. How can we let you

for you. As long as you don’t mind my mediocre cooking, I can make dinner for you tonight

Since Hannah was Oscar’s sister, he

to me last

and eat then. I pulled Hannah to sit down and started eating. Neil

Even though I

she suddenly said, “When Oscar brought Bonnie to my

she could finish, the mood

the pain this marriage brought you.