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.

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

my attempts fell on deaf

me. I won’t let anyone

he

far from my mind now. Once Russel called off his engagement with Chloe. I would be the target of gossip again. As if my life wasn’t messed up enough

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

why he hadn’t come home last night, but I changed my question at the last minute, “Did you know

Russel’s mom?”

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

going to the funeral?” I asked.

his clothes, revealing his impeccable physique that could put any professional model

women’s perfume. I frowned.

reason, I felt a strange sensation in my

for a while, I got up and picked up Neil’s clothes, taking a gentle

his clothes.

“Ding!”

startled me. I quickly put down my clothes and went to check my phone.

number. It looked like it was taken through a crack in the door. Under the dim

Neil

A man in his fifties, bulky and dressed in a formal jacket.

me his profile

held a higher

dad had offended him or why he would help StarGlow Enterprises, leading to my dad’s wrongful

she looked as docile as a bunny nestled in

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

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

villa. Two names came to mind, Bonnie and