Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled novel Chapter 331

"Why are you getting all worked up?" Russel asked me quietly once I stopped ranting. "Is it because it reminds you of your thing with Neil?"

He was intentionally asking me something he already knew. He knew all about me and Neil.

I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down and separate Russel in front of me from Neil in my memory. "Maybe I'm relating a bit too much to my own story, but Chloe has been really good to you. She hasn't done anything wrong."

Russel just smirked and said, "The person who convinced me to break free was her. If it wasn't for her help, my parents wouldn't have thought about doing it. They were afraid I would hate them."

He had been under house arrest for a while, and Chloe had approached me, asking me to break up with him in exchange for some documents.

I couldn't believe this was Chloe's idea.

My impression of Chloe got a bit more complicated. Even though her feelings for Russel were similar to my feelings for Neil, I had never resorted to such measures.

I would never intentionally set up a trap for Neil.

"I don't want to talk about your issues." Finally, I ran out of things to say and simply responded.

Russel ordered all my favorite dishes. He had been very thoughtful during our relationship.

But I didn't have much of an appetite right now, so I only took a few bites and didn't continue eating.

Russel was the same. He didn't meet up with me today just to have a meal.

"Is there really no chance for you and Neil anymore?" He asked me.

"Do you really need to ask about that?" I kept my head down, not looking at Russel, and gave a vague answer.

Russel started laughing, and his laughter made me feel uneasy.

I couldn't help but look at him again.

He took off his glasses, put them on the table, and crossed his hands, staring at me.

"Didn't you guys do all this just to get close to Ethan Foster?" As soon as he said that, all my suspicions became reality.

Russel was right on the money. He knew about my relationship with Neil.

"Why would you think that?" I tried to keep my cool and asked him back.

"You guys can trick everyone else but not me. Neil has never given up on you. How could he be with Bonnie? But the fact that he could get close to Bonnie and Ethan Foster for you did surprise me." Russel said slowly.

I just looked at him, frowning, without saying a word.

Russel chuckled self-mockingly, "Looks like he really regrets how he treated you before. Now, he's willing to go to this extent for you. He could've just confronted Ethan Foster directly. You stopped him, didn't you?"

Indeed, I did stop him. I did want Neil's help, but I didn't want him to pay a huge price for helping me. It would be troublesome when I had to leave.

I couldn't tell Neil about this, let alone Russel.

"Did you invite me to dinner just to say all this?" Despite feeling extremely uneasy, I somehow managed to calm down. I should have seen this coming. I couldn't avoid Russel.