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?

me under the bus during this dinner? I

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

a cry erupted from the crowd,

Chloe taking a step

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

left my mouth, Russel

phone

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

a sigh of relief. It was insane to think, if Russel hadn’t made that call, what might have happened to Chloe? She looked like she

dealing with Chloe, I

Chloe would

bound to

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

and Chloe calling off their engagement. I hoped he wouldn’t jump to

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

Russel called

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

the time and place,” Russel’s voice was gentle,

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

always stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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

up. I soon received a text from him with the

be there on time anyway.