Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled novel 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.

"Glad you like them; free for dinner tonight?" Russel asked.

I was about to respond when I heard a 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, not wanting to hold him up at work.

Later, I messaged Russel on WhatsApp, agreeing to dinner that night. It would be our first date since we made our relationship official.

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

On the way, I got a call from the police. "Ms. Finch, about your previous kidnapping, we've made some progress and would like to discuss it with you."

"Alright."

After speaking for over ten minutes, I felt quite 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.

"What’s wrong? Don't feel like having dinner with me?" Russel noticed my gloomy face and pinched my cheek, asking affectionately.

"No, it's just that Bonnie is so cunning that my accusations as the victim can't even get her punished." I sighed as I sat down.

Russel's smile faded, and he comforted me gently, "It's okay; I'll take care of it."

I was surprised, "How will you handle it?"

Russel seldom used his family's 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 Bonnie.

The news about him and me had been all over the internet; hadn’t his parents seen it?