The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 199

That abandoned mansion must have been rigged with surveillance gear, for sure.

Bonnie’s plan was to keep me and Russel under her thumb, so Neil would give up.

I’ve gotta thank her for that.

Now that I’ve chosen to be with Russel, I don’t give a rat’s ass about the bad press. But I do worry about my parents, especially my dad; he was in a particular line of work where all this news would bother him.

The internet was buzzing with comments. Most of them were discussing that the relationships in our circle were a hot mess.

Some folks didn’t know when to quit. They were calling out Neil on social media to come see what was going on between his ex-wife and his best friend.

Under normal circumstances, Neil should have sent someone to do some PR, but he didn’t react, as if he just vanished.

After getting discharged, I rested at home for a day and then went straight back to work.

“Ms. Finch, these are your flowers: please sign for them” Around noon, a courier delivered a large bouquet of beautiful flowers.

I was surprised, but after I signed and read the card, I realized that they were from Russel.

He had really nice handwriting.

The other employees saw this and started cracking jokes. They must have seen the news these past few days. But because of who I am, they never brought it up in front of me; instead, they were really nice to me.

This was the first time I received flowers at work. I felt a bit embarrassed but also really content.

Soon after, Russel called. “Did you get the flowers?”

“I did, thank you. They’re beautiful.” I replied.

like them; free for dinner

patient asking about their condition on his end of the line. He said in a low voice, “Message me on WhatsApp.” I quickly hung up,

dinner that night. It would be

a busy day, I went home to shower and change before heading to the restaurant Russel

the police. “Ms. Finch, about your previous kidnapping, we’ve

down. Just as I suspected, Finn and Bonnie hadn’t been punished; instead, Finn’s underlings took the fall. I was really bummed out until I saw Russel.

noticed my gloomy face

my accusations as the victim

comforted me gently, “It’s okay, I’ll

was surprised, “How will you

influence to do things. He just wanted to be a simple doctor, which was not bad, but it wouldn’t do much if he wanted to compete with

and me had been all over the internet, hadn’t his

I’d try to avoid contacting or meeting him, but now that things were this way, I guess the

would face even more

with a smile. “For now, let’s just enjoy

I nodded slightly, choosing to trust

peace. I had a normal love life and a stable job. No one was bothering me, and I

in. But he took all the blame and didn’t drag Bonnie into it.

hunch that this was

no clue how he managed to

from Russel. ‘Finn’s Issue has been sorted out, but

Why did he not just tell me?

Barbara called, “Rena, I need you to go wedding dress shopping

was taken aback.

We’re skipping the engagement and getting married at the end

to come with me for a fitting Barbara

He was rich and handsome, a perfect match