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?"

his jaw and stayed silent, just gazing through the windshield. "You can

just a dismissal. What else could I say? To probe or to

over to a temporary parking

to answer it in my presence. But I didn't ask, nor did I say anything. Some truths were like

me the line in a rush but eventually sped

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

in my pocket, a call from my

you? Dinner

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

answered, surprising myself with my

sun must be rising from the west today! Usually, you'd

words squeezed

Conrad's shadow for

dine out with my best friend,

even needing his

But today, Conrad made it clear I was a burden

at the hospital or home?" I deflected instead

gave me an address and told

Wagner?" Fanny noticed something was off

and I didn't hide the

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