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?

was planning to throw me under the bus during this

just want to have dinner and chat. The only catch is, you can’t bail until

hemming and hawing, a cry

I looked up to see Chloe taking a step forward, one foot already hanging

my wits and quickly agreed, “Fine, I promise. Now call Chloe, calm

mouth, Russel was already on the phone.

Chloe held her phone up, seemingly answering

she seemed to let out a sigh of relief and stepped back. The

call, what might have

with Chloe, I slipped

would cool

was bound to cause a stir

home under the cover of darkness. Before entering my courtyard, I glanced at Neil’s dark mansion next door.

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

all over the city the next day, even making the news.

the news, Russel called and asked, “When are you

of days,” I replied. Since I had already agreed to dinner with Russel, I might as well get it over with. I wanted to put this behind me.

I’ll send you the time and place,” Russel’s voice

in my past life, and now I was tangled with Russel

stuck between a rock and a hard

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

a text from him with

would be there on