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

just a dismissal. What else could

as he pulled over to a temporary parking spot

to his refusal to answer it in my presence.

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

until my eyes began to

phone buzzed in my pocket, a call from my best friend,

where are you?

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

surprising myself with

west today! Usually, you'd ask Conrad first. What's up? You're so spontaneous

squeezed

Conrad's shadow for

best friend, afraid he'd worry if he

even needing his

today, Conrad made it clear I was a burden to

hospital or home?"

gave me an address and told

Mr. Wagner?" Fanny noticed

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

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