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.

your mom’s death,

my attempts fell on deaf ears.

need to advise me. I won’t let anyone control my life, not even my own parents.”

he

was far from my mind now. Once Russel called off his engagement with Chloe. I would be

bedroom door swung open. Neil walked in, casually tossing his tie

to ask Neil why he hadn’t come home last night, but I changed

Russel’s mom?”

his face turned a bit

to the

his impeccable physique that could put any professional model to shame.

whiff of alcohol and women’s perfume. I frowned. What had Nell been up

felt a strange

picked up Neil’s clothes, taking a gentle sniff. The scent of

his clothes.

“Ding!”

of a message on my phone startled me. I quickly put down my clothes and went to check my

an unknown number. It looked like it was taken through a crack in the door. Under the dim light, a woman was nestled in a man’s arms. The man was

was Neil and Bonnie.

his fifties, bulky and dressed in a

me his profile

was Ethan Foster, and he held a higher

my dad had offended him or why he would

with Ethan Foster? And Bonnie… she looked as docile as a bunny nestled in

took a while to regain my composure. I tried calling the number that sent the message

tracked down the IP address. The hacker’s message also came in. He gave me a detailed address, right down to

of a luxury villa. Two names came to mind, Bonnie