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?"

just gazing through the

didn't even bother to give me a proper explanation, just a dismissal. What else could I say? To probe or to fuss

said as he pulled over to a temporary parking spot on the side

had a feeling from when Conrad saw the incoming call to his refusal to answer it in my presence. But I didn't ask, nor did I

your way!" He tossed me the line in a rush

my eyes began to sting, and I finally looked down

in my pocket, a call

where are you? Dinner

Fanny didn't have a

answered, surprising myself with my

from the west today! Usually, you'd ask

words squeezed my

in Conrad's shadow

with my best friend, afraid

even needing

But today, Conrad made it clear I was

or home?" I deflected instead of

address and

Fanny noticed something was off

one of my few friends, and I didn't hide the truth from

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