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?"

through the windshield. "You can get

me a proper explanation, just a dismissal. What else could I say? To probe or to fuss would just be embarrassing

he pulled over to a

refusal to answer it in

careful on your way!" He tossed me the line in a rush but eventually sped

drive away until my eyes began to sting,

my pocket, a

are you?

young and brilliant gynecologist, Fanny didn't have a

surprising myself

the west today! Usually, you'd ask Conrad first. What's up?

squeezed my heart.

in Conrad's shadow for

friend, afraid he'd worry

even needing

But today, Conrad made it clear I was a burden

at the hospital or home?" I deflected

an address and told me to come

Fanny noticed

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

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