Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 11

This game was getting more and more interesting.

I gingerly picked up the supplement, took a classy sip, but the next second, it was all coming back up because it was so bitter. I had no idea when Neil came back. He was standing at the door changing his shoes. When he saw me throwing up, his look clearly screamed, “gross.”

In a frosty voice, he said, “If you can’t drink it, don’t.”

“Why are you so nosy?” I wiped my mouth, finding Neil’s recent behavior strange. “You’re back again, why?”

He loosened his tie, rough yet handsome.

“This is my home too. I can come back if I want, any problem?” Neil sat across from me, answering with a poker face.

“Oh, right.” I nodded and went back to my supplement.

But this stuff was just too bitter. I could handle black coffee without sugar, but this was another level. I threw it up again before I could swallow, this time with more force, some even splashing on Neil’s face and shirt. His expression turned icy, glaring at me.

The bitterness of the medicine left me speechless. Seeing the droplets hanging from Neil’s eyelashes, I rushed to wipe his face with a tissue, just out of courtesy. Neil grabbed my hand and threw it off. His disgusted look froze me. My heart filled with bitterness.

“I’m sorry, it is just too bitter.” I tried to keep calm, throwing the tissue on the floor.

Neil didn’t answer. He just got up and went upstairs to change. Then Ada walked in. She started cleaning up the mess swiftly, more diligently, and thoroughly than anyone

else.

“Ada, you can prepare dinner now,” I told her, feeling a bit drained after she finished cleaning.

and headed to the

pinched my nose and finished the rest of the supplement. I knew that eating more wouldn’t help; I needed to take care of my body to

I took off the dust cover and pulled out

about the past. I didn’t realize when Neil had opened

stopping, but his words just pissed me off. I remember in my past life, I put away my beloved cello because

strings angrily, creating a shrilling noise.

We can live separately, and I can play the cello without disturbing you.” I gently put

live separately

are you back?” I was just as confused. What could possibly attract Neil back home? Couldn’t

to struggle with my straightforwardness, his face getting darker. He was usually the type to leave as soon as he got upset, then would dial a number, and found a place

me, “Irene, you seem not to

suspecting me of cheating, so he kept coming back, trying to catch me in the act? I widened my eyes. “Is there a problem? Didn’t you say it’s okay

make me the one who got

I do what you can?!” I

standoff, Ada tentatively interrupted,

went downstairs to eat, no

was excellent, and the dishes were delicious. I finished everything on

Whoever marries you will be very

bit embarrassed.

soup, complimenting Ada.

likes my cooking. She always suggests opening a restaurant, but she is too naive.” Ada talked about her daughter, full

have to be so modest. Your dishes are really good,

smiled slightly. “She’s not wrong Sometimes, with a little luck, it’s easy

his future mother–in–law’s restaurant opening ceremony and didn’t have time to come. He invested in the restaurant, making it rank in the top three in

have that kind of luck, ma’am,”

tell her not to be so self–deprecating. The moment that would change their lives might be just half a month away. But I held back. Watching Ada give me