Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled novel Chapter 178

I was left with a pang of guilt, feeling like Russel's eyes were filled with disappointment.

In hindsight, me telling him to go with the flow last time was a mistake. It was as if I gave him some sort of hint, and maybe I should've been clearer to him to stop wasting his time on me.

When I joined, the dinner table got all weird. Everyone was just minding their own business, eating and hardly speaking, especially Neil and Russel. Their interaction was almost nonexistent.

Bonnie's phone ringing out of the blue broke the awkward silence.

Her face turned all weird after a glance at the caller ID. She waved at Malinda and went out to take the call.

"Stella, I've lost my appetite. I’m gonna head out." The atmosphere was making me feel queasy, let alone eating.

"Alright!" After hearing me out, Stella immediately realized that there was probably no hope of getting Neil's help. She didn’t blame me though, just told me to be careful on my way.

I waved at Louis and left.

After leaving the private room, I sent the chat log between me and Neil to Stella.

Stella wrote back, "Don't worry about it, Rena, I won't let you get screwed over. Who knows what Neil could have made you do?”

I was thinking the same.

Just as I was leaving the hotel, I saw a familiar figure. I couldn't help but take a second look.

Finn was alone in the hotel lobby, looking around. When he saw me, there was a noticeable change in his eyes, as if he recognized me.

I had a bad feeling about this.

But Finn just looked at me for a few seconds, then took the elevator upstairs. I took note of the floor he was on; it was the same one where I had dinner.

Was this a coincidence?

After a while, Finn didn't come back down, so I decided to leave.

Just as I was getting in the car, Neil showed up. Was he leaving too?

"What are you doing in my car?" I asked Neil, who was sitting in the passenger seat, clearly not thrilled about it.

"I'm gonna tell you where Halley is." Neil's profile was quite exquisite. He looked indifferent, showing no intention of helping me.

I was surprised, "So I don't owe you anymore?"

"Actually, you do." Neil turned to look at me, his eyes fixed on me, "How about we go to a movie?"

I did not see this coming.

Usually, going to a movie alone was something couples or married people do.

Neil and I were a divorced couple, so it was kind of weird for us to go to a movie. But if it's just a movie, no strings attached, I guess I can live with that.

I thought for a moment, "All right, tell me where Halley is first."

A smirk flashed across Neil's face. He swiftly sent me an address and said, "Finn took him, but I didn't check why."

He wouldn't bother with things that don't concern him.

I nodded and quickly sent the address to Stella, asking her and Mitch to call the police.

After I finished texting, Neil said, "See you tonight. I’ll send you the time and place."

"All right," I replied.

Just then, Russel showed up in the distance.