Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled novel Chapter 248

The elevator door slowly closed, and Bonnie's eyes were filled with resentment, staring at me like a vengeful ghost in a horror movie.

This ghost woman seemed to be constantly haunting me. In my past life, I was madly trying to find her, intrigued by whatever charm she had that could obsess Neil so much.

In this life, though, I just wish she would stay the hell away from me and not show up in front of me anymore.

After leaving the hotel, I rushed straight back to work.

Just as I arrived at the office, my phone started to ring. It was Neil calling. "Why didn't you tell me when you left?" he asked.

"Why should I?" I responded, not getting his point.

"I was going to ride with you back. I didn't drive here." Neil sounded like he was treating me as his personal chauffeur. He added, "You drove me here, don't you remember?"

His unreasonable words left me speechless. After a moment of silence, I finally asked, "Don't you have your own chauffeur? Or maybe Louis could give you a lift."

Neil responded coldly, "You drove me here, so you should drive me back."

I didn't have time for Neil's nonsense and hung up on him.

After a long day at work, I left the office exhausted and rushed to the hospital to visit my mom.

"Ms. Finch, another man came to visit your mother in the past two days. He seemed to have worked here before," the nurse told me.

I nodded silently because I knew it was Russel.

I wondered if his injuries were getting better. The fight with Neil that night left both of them hurt, but Russel seemed to be the worse off.

I held back from asking, not wanting to give him any false hope.

"Oh, and he asked me to give you this." The nurse handed me a small box, beautifully packaged and unopened.

I took the box but didn't open it until I got home.

Inside was a beautiful heart-shaped diamond ring, the diamond about the size of a thumbnail and expertly cut. It shone brilliantly under the light.

There was a note under the ring: “I was going to propose to you once this all blew over, but I know you can't hold on any longer.”

Seeing his handwritten words, I felt a sudden pang in my heart, and tears welled up in my eyes.

I knew I might have missed out on a great guy, but if I insisted on being with him, it would only leave him scarred.

After crying silently for a while, I put away the ring.

Since Russel had sent it to me, I would keep it safe as a memento.

After seeing Russel that night at the bar, I hadn't heard from him for a while. Even Mitch didn't have any news about him.

"Rena, you really broke his heart this time," Stella couldn't help blaming me.

"I know. I shouldn't have been with him in the first place. I took up his time and wasted his emotions," I said bitterly.

"But there was no other way. His parents were so against your relationship, and you never told us... If you had spoken up earlier, we wouldn't have pushed you to be with Russel," Alicia shook her head.

I didn't respond, just silently sipping my drink.

Barbara tightly held my hand, "You should cut back on the booze. You're turning into a lush!"

If she hadn't reminded me, I might not have realized how much I'd been drinking lately, often before bedtime, to help me sleep.

Whenever I had free time, I would drink to relax, but I knew it wasn't healthy, especially given my not-so-strong constitution.