Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled novel Chapter 208

Why should I be down?

Whenever I have seen Neil pamper Bonnie, I can't help but think back to those days when he ignored me. It was suffocating, and I felt pitiful.

"Carry on." I said, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear and smiling.

As soon as I finished, Neil's face turned even darker.

Bonnie glanced back at him, but he didn’t try to hide his mood from her.

Bonnie was just a second version of me.

When I left, I heard footsteps and Bonnie's frantic calls behind me, "Neil! Neil!”

Neil ignored her and followed me out of the party. As soon as I turned around, I saw him.

"Are you stalking me?" I asked, my face cold and irritable, "Back off!"

"You know Russel Dawson is going behind your back to arrange blind dates, and you're still holding on?" Neil asked, frowning, "Irene, do you really want to repeat our mistakes?"

I laughed scornfully, "Are you trying to convince me to break up with Russel? Why?"

There was an almost imperceptible heat in Neil's eyes. His throat bobbed as he said, "No. I'm just curious about your choice."

Curiosity or unwillingness?

No doubt, my being with Russel was a blow to Neil. He had never taken the woman who had been chasing him seriously.

But now I was not only divorced from him but also dating his friend.

Neil must be uncomfortable.

Even before our divorce, he had started to suspect me and Russel.

"What I decide to do is none of your business. Neil, you're about to get engaged with Bonnie. You shouldn't leave her to follow me."

Neil was about to answer when his phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and hung up.

But the phone rang again. It must have been Bonnie.

Neil answered the phone impatiently. His response surprised me, "Haven’t I told you not to bother me unless it's an emergency?"

I couldn't hear the voice on the other end, but I could tell it wasn't Bonnie calling him.

While Neil was on the phone, I quickly got in my car and drove off.

Once home, I listed all the people I could remember and began researching their backgrounds and any business ties with my company.

Just as I was busy doing that, my mom came back.

She looked pale. She sat down next to me and asked, "Rena, what's this?"

"These are some of the people from the StarGlow Enterprises ribbon-cutting ceremony today. I only wrote down the ones I recognize."

I was worried that Bonnie had also done background checks on these people and would target them in the future to undermine my company.

My mom took the list I wrote down, looked it over, and said, "I thought you wouldn't recognize a single person."

I felt guilty. I hadn't paid much attention to the company's affairs in the past.

We analyzed the people on the list and identified a few who were most likely to leave our company for StarGlow Enterprises.

But these were only suspicions, not certainties, so we needed to observe them further.