No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 3

Chapter 3



My brain got stuck in a loop all day, wrestling with this issue that refused to budge. Even when Conrad came by to pick me up in the afternoon, I was still clueless. But I went along anyway.

The habit was a scary thing. Over a decade, I had grown so used to Conrad and returning to the Wagner family after work.-

"What's up with the silence?" Conrad sensed my mood because he broke the quiet on the way.

I hesitated for seconds. "Conrad, maybe we should just..."

I couldn't even finish my sentence before his phone went off. The car's Bluetooth showed an anonymous number lighting up the screen, and I noticed Conrad's grip on the steering wheel tightened. He was nervous, a rare sight.

Instinctively, I glanced at his face, but he was already dismissing the call on the car system, switching to his mobile's Bluetooth. "Hello... Okay, I'm on my way."

The call was brief. After hanging up, Conrad glanced over at me. "Felicia, something's come up. I can't take you home."

I knew it before he said he was going to ditch me. It wasn't the first time. But still, part of me had hoped he'd drop me first.

A sharp pang of hurt hit me, but I swallowed my sadness. "Is everything okay?"

gazing through the windshield. "You can get out here and take a

to give me a proper explanation, just a dismissal. What else could I say? To probe or

said as he pulled over to

saw the incoming call to his refusal to answer

me the line

watching him drive away until my eyes began to sting, and I finally

in my pocket, a call from my

are you?

Fanny didn't have a boyfriend yet, but her medical skills

answered, surprising myself

from the west today! Usually, you'd ask Conrad first.

words squeezed my

in Conrad's

out with my best friend,

needing

Conrad made it clear I was a

you at the hospital or home?"

an address and

fight with Mr. Wagner?" Fanny noticed something

and

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