Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 298

That night, I had no idea where Neil had vanished off to, and he wasn’t responding to my calls either.

I found myself staring at the falling snow outside the window, and before I knew it, I dozed off, swamped with anxiety and confusion.

I wasn’t sure how long I had been asleep. Suddenly, my phone buzzed. I looked at it groggily, then snapped wide awake. It was a call from Russel

“Can we meet?” Russel was the first to speak. His voice was raspy and sounded incredibly weary.

“Russel, about your moms passing, I’m sorry for your loss.” I was a bit wary of Russel, so I trod lightly, being extra polite. Even though I wanted to grill him with questions, I held back

Russel was silent for a few seconds before resuming, “I want to meet you to clear things up.”

I didn’t want to meet him. There was no need to stir up more drama, “We can talk over the phone.”

“You know, I want to see you,” Russel’s voice turned firm, “Don’t you want to know why Neil and Bonnie were in that room?”

That was exactly what I wanted to know. Neil said it was all Russel’s doing, but what was the truth?

Of course, Russel wasnt exactly reliable now, and he could have been lying.

I didn’t respond immediately, I took a moment to think.

Russel spoke again, ‘You know why I proposed to Chloe. Now my mom is gone; I’m calling off the engagement”

“What?” I was taken aback, and I hadn’t expected Russel to take such a drastic step. His mom had just passed away, and he had already. planned on breaking his engagement.

“This isn’t the life I want. I just wanted my mom to be at peace before she passed. Now that she’s gone, I don’t have anything to hold me back.” Russel seemed to have made up his mind.

mom’s death, what about Chloe? And your dad, he definitely won’t agree

my attempts fell on deaf

‘You don’t need to advise me. I won’t let anyone control my life,

he hung up.

with Chloe. I would be the target of gossip

Neil walked in, casually tossing his tie onto

last night, but I changed my

Russel’s mom?”

turned a bit unnatural, then he replied, “Yeah.”

the funeral?” I asked.

stripped off his clothes, revealing his impeccable physique that could put any professional model to shame. He moved towards the

I

I felt a strange sensation in my heart. It seemed like Neil was hiding

picked up Neil’s clothes,

his clothes.

“Ding!”

I quickly put down my clothes and went to

Under the dim light, a woman was

Neil and

man sitting next to them. A man in his fifties, bulky and dressed in

was. Neil had shown me his profile before. It was

and he held a higher position than

didn’t know how my dad had offended him or why

Neil with Ethan Foster? And Bonnie… she looked as docile as

mind was in chaos, and it took a while to regain my composure. I

also came in. He gave me a detailed address, right down

Two names came