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.

off right after your mom’s death, what about Chloe? And your dad, he definitely won’t agree with this I tried to reason with him.

my attempts fell on

I won’t let anyone control my life, not even my

he hung

Once Russel called off his engagement with Chloe. I would be the target of gossip again. As if my life

walked

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

Russel’s mom?”

bit unnatural,

the funeral?” I

his impeccable physique that could put any professional model to shame. He moved towards the bathroom, bare chested.

perfume. I frowned. What had Nell been up

strange sensation in my heart. It

a while, I got up and picked up Neil’s clothes, taking a gentle sniff. The scent of perfume was indeed coming from

his clothes.

“Ding!”

message on my phone startled me. I quickly put down my clothes

door. Under the dim light, a

was Neil and

A man in his fifties, bulky and dressed in a

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

Foster, and he held a

had offended him or why he would help StarGlow Enterprises, leading

Foster? And Bonnie… she looked as docile

was in chaos, and it took a while to regain my composure. I tried calling the number that sent the message but got hung up.

down the IP address. The hacker’s message also came in. He gave me

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