Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 339

“Are you home yet?” Neil asked me as soon as I picked up the phone.

“Just got home. What’s up?” I asked back, a little confused, but I knew deep down that Neil just wanted to see me.

The living room was quiet, and Neil’s voice coming from the other end of the phone sounded incredibly charming, “I miss you. I want to

come over.”

Even though I had been trying to stay rational, I had been stuck in a rut, struggling now and then. Neil and I were getting closer, and there was nothing hidden between us.

My heart started beating faster when Neil said that. I felt the excitement of our first meeting; a little bit of attention from him would make me incredibly happy.

I took a deep breath to calm myself down, “Forget it. It’s too late. I’m going to take a bath and go to bed.”

Neil paused, “Come see me first, then you can take your bath. Anything you want to talk about?”

Actually, there was something I wanted to tell him about what happened tonight; I wanted to hear Neil’s opinion.

I was sure Kate wouldn’t be showing up in front of me anymore. I didn’t believe Bonnie would put up with her. She would have certainly found a way to get rid of her.

As if looking for an excuse to see him, I decided to go next door,

Neil was waiting for me in the yard, sitting on a wicker chair, the soft light in the yard casting on him, making him look like a character from a painting.

admit, even though I despised that man, I still appreciated his appearance because eyes didn’t lie.

me bluntly that I was just

statement still applied

you doing standing there? Come here, let me hug you.” Neil waved at me when he saw me. His gesture

been more open. But at

slowly walked over to Neil after closing the door. Just as I was about to sit down, he pulled me into his arms without hesitation. I sat on his lap. His familiar smell of tobacco mixed with my favorite perfume scent made me

his voice deep and magnetic, “Tonight, you finally defended

also dealing with this

some rumors, that’s good. But doing so might negatively

“What they feel has nothing to do with me. They should have foreseen this when they twisted the truth

soon as I finished speaking, Neil let out a chuckle full of affection, seemingly satisfied with my attitude. He relaxed his brows and pinched my cheek, “Good, you finally learned to put yourself

like Neil was praising me

touch took me by surprise. I covered my face and looked at him

I’m ‘addicted’ to you.” Neil sighed helplessly, “I’m just worried that you’ll dump me after you’re done using me, so how about we have a

didn’t know I was infertile, so he brought up that topic naturally. But I felt a pang in my heart, and I

a smile, “Let’s just let nature take its course

it’s time to try. I’m really jealous seeing other people having

to him. My

he did have feelings for me now, but it was

just being selfish. Before my dad got out of prison and before the truth about Oscar Morse’s death came out, I still had to keep Neil

I replied, not