No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 23



My heart swelled with emotion. Though I was the Wagner family's foster daughter, Conrad's parents showered me with the same concern and love as if I were their child.

They treated me like their own daughter. I remembered Dustin Wagner, Conrad's elder brother, joking that he and Conrad had fallen out of favor since I arrived.

Fanny was right. My bond with Conrad might be fragile, but my connection with the Wagner family was unbreakable.

I took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Everyone looked at me. Jacqueline stood up, walked over, and said, "Felicia, you're back. We were waiting for you to start dinner."

"Jacqueline, Herschel," I greeted them.

Nudged by Herschel, Conrad got up and came over. He took the bag from my hands. "Why are you back so late?"

Jefferson would have told him

time,

mingling with his buddy privately. Yet, he was seen around town with his late buddy's widow, Haley, even giving her the supplementary credit card he never

didn't respond to him, instead heading toward

asking, "What's

washed my hands, smiling at his reflection in

you think you're overreacting?" Conrad's words made me lower my

finger, a reminder of four years ago when tried to pull the drunken Conrad away from a fight. He promised to fill that

with your credit card," I spoke amidst the

her off because of Aiden's situation. She needed to live, so I

off the tap and faced him.

his eyes. "What are you

why treat Haley so differently? Or should I say..." I recalled the gossip on Deborah's phone, "Did

Conrad's voice was cold, "Are you