Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 330

“Is Chloe thinking of offing herself?” Russel asked me with a voice as flat as a pancake. His nonchalance sent a chill down my spine.

“Yeah, your fiancée’s thinking of kicking the bucket. Shouldn’t you go check on her?” I retorted, cold as ice.

“She’s a grown woman; she should take responsibility for her own life. I can’t control her choices.” Russel’s reply was so cold it left me gobsmacked.

His lack of warmth towards a woman he didn’t love was eerily similar to Neil from my past life.

“Regardless, she’s head over heels for you. Can’t you come back and help her out? Just be the good guy for once?” I pleaded.

“She knew I didn’t have the hots for her. She brought this on herself, right?” he replied with a smirk on his face.

Was this the Russel I knew? He was still a doctor. Where was his compassion? If he was this indifferent to his fiancée, how did he treat others?

Thinking of my past life and his collaboration with him gave me the heebie-jeebies. If I hadn’t kicked the bucket from a terminal illness, would we have butted heads?

But I didn’t have time to dwell on it. I just urged Russel, “Can you come back and talk some sense into her? Her folks promised me that if you can convince her not to off herself, they’ll work out a way to call off the engagement.”

“I don’t need them to promise me anything,” Russel’s voice suddenly turned heavy, “Instead, how about you promise me something?”

I could feel my heart in my throat, “What do you want me to promise?”

“Would you have dinner with me?” His request left me flabbergasted. That was his condition?

if he was planning to throw me under the bus during this dinner? I

dinner and chat. The only catch is, you can’t bail until I say it’s

a

had already fainted. I looked up to see Chloe taking a

“Fine, I promise. Now call Chloe, calm her down, tell her to step

soon as the-words left my mouth, Russel

watched as Chloe held her phone

later, she seemed to let out a sigh of relief and stepped back. The rescue team

to think, if Russel hadn’t made that call, what might have

the firefighters were dealing with Chloe,

Chloe would cool her

stunt was bound to cause

cover of darkness. Before entering my courtyard, I glanced at Neil’s dark mansion next door. He hadn’t

wondered if he knew about Russel and Chloe calling off their engagement. I hoped he wouldn’t jump to conclusions. He was a suspicious guy. He would suspect any move from Russel had to do with me.

over the city the next

news, Russel called

I had already agreed to dinner with Russel, I might as well get it over with. I wanted to

tomorrow night? I’ll send you the time and place,” Russel’s voice was gentle, so at odds with the cold guy from

was a bit troubled. I had tangled with Neil in my past life, and now I was tangled with Russel in this life.

between a rock and a hard

me the details. I’ll be there on time,” I replied.

a text

be