Chapter 208
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, “Neill 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, “Trene, 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.”
Nell 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.
StarGlow Enterprises was very high-profile, so it had been getting a lot of attention in Rosemont since it opened.
Meanwhile, a news story about Neil having an intimate date with a woman at a nightclub greatly increased StarGlow Enterprises’ exposure.
Bonnie was already his girlfriend. Once the news broke, netizens immediately began to discuss (1.
“Mr. Whitmore is just being his old se!!!”
“Weren’t they supposed to be true lovers? How did that change so quickly?
“How old are you? How can you still believe in true love? Rich people love to play more than anyone else. If I were rich, I’d also have multiple women.”
“That actress looks like Scarlett Mitchell, the lead actress in the popular web series ‘Summoning the Fox Consort!”
Netizens soon revealed the identity of the actress who was dating Neil. She was a rising star. It was impressive how quickly she got close to Neil
I counted the number of actresses I’ve been paying attention to because of Nell-more than I could count on both hands. It felt like all my energy was spent on keeping track of his rumored girlfriends.
Now it was Bonnie’s turn to deal with this. I wonder if she could be as patient as I was.
I was reading the news when Russel suddenly called.
We hadn’t been in touch much lately Ever since Neil showed me that picture, I’ve been feeling a bit weird. Even when Russel actively texted me, I just gave him’simple replies.
Watching my phone vibrate non-stop. I hesitated.
Chapter 208
The phone vibrated a second time. It was still Russel. I took a deep breath and answered.
“What’s going on? Why are you suddenly so cold to me?” He asked as soon as I picked up.
He must have felt it
I chose my words carefully, thinking about how to ask him about his blind dates and how to tell him what his mother had said to me
“Did I do something wrong? Russel asked when I didn’t respond.
“No. Russel, where were you on the day StarGlow Enterprises opened?” I decided to ask him directly
Russel was silent for a moment, then said apologetically. “I went to see someone. My mom said she was a friend of hers. She was having heart trouble, so my mom asked me to take her to the hospital.”
Is that so? I thought of the woman’s smile in the picture and Russel’s not-so-averse expression.
“Then…. why did you have dinner together? I asked hesitantly.
He was supposed to take her to the hospital, not a restaurant.
Russel suddenly laughed, “Are you jealous?”
I was taken aback. My questions sounded a bit jealous, but I knew I wasn’t jealous.
I wanted to keep things smooth with Russel, so I didn’t want any misunderstanding between us.
“Just think I was jealous, okay? Explain to me.’ I didn’t deny it.
If this could enhance our relationship, then why not?
“When I got there, she was eating. She asked me to wait, so I sat down and waited for her. Later I found out that my mother intended to introduce her to me as a blind date, so I got her out of the car halfway, and then I went back to the hospital, Russel detailed. He sounded kind of explaining it.
The usually icy Dr. Russel actually took the time to explain this misunderstanding to me. My mood slightly improved.
But then his next question caught me off guard, “Rena, how did you know what I was doing that day? Who told you?”
“1…”I was at a loss for words.
“Neil?” Russel guessed it right away, “He drove by that day and I saw him. He told didn’t he?”
