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.

I’m free, I’ll

Chloe didn’t reply.

saw the message I sent, and his face turned sour, “What do you mean ‘if you’re free’? You can’t go!”

I don’t attend his engagement party, people will think I’m still in love with him since I’m not willing to face reality.

stared into my eyes for a few seconds, as if he were considering

to associate me with Russel. I was 90% sure he

enough, after thinking for a while, Neil agreed, “Then you’ll go

close to me that we were back together, the public didn’t know yet. If I attended Russel’s engagement party with

want to make our relationship public?” Neil’s eyes narrowed dangerously, as if he would punish me if I answered

I shook

my

not that. Kitty will be there

“But she already knows, right? This will be public

If I refused again, Neil might start doubting me.

downstairs. As soon as we got down, a

walked out of the kitchen in an apron, holding a plate of food. After seeing Neil and me, she immediately said, “Ms. Finch, Mr. Whitmore, good morning! I happened to

walked over to the dining table; her dishes looked really appetizing.

years, so her cooking skills

her, “Looks delicious! But you’re our guest. How can we let you cook? That’s the

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

Since Hannah was Oscar’s sister,

he apologized to me last night was already quite a

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

was really good. Even though I was a bit picky, I found

I was praising her, she suddenly said, “When Oscar

could finish, the mood at the table

you. Neil will