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?"

that Jefferson would have told him about our meeting, there was

frowned. "Next time,

his buddy privately. Yet, he was seen around town with

respond to him, instead heading

asking,

my hands, smiling

think you're overreacting?" Conrad's

scrubbed my fingers, noticing the small dent on my left middle finger, a reminder of four years ago when tried to pull the drunken Conrad away from a

I saw Haley shopping with your credit card,"

her off because

the tap and faced him. "Conrad, do you owe

could see the tension in his eyes. "What are you talking

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

voice was cold,