No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 38



But there I was, lying on the stiff mattress, my mind a whirlwind of chaos and emptiness, not feeling like sleeping.

Eventually, I grabbed my phone and scrolled through my messages, spotting texts from Deborah and Ivan.

Deborah texted, [Felicia, today was a killer, but I got through the pile of work you left for me. You better have some candy for me as a reward tomorrow. Oh, and Felicia, congrats on tying the knot. Wishing you a lifetime of happiness.]

I couldn't help but smirk at her message, leaving it unanswered.

Ivan sent this message. [Ms. Hudson, please don't get the wrong idea about Mr. Wagner. It would be a real shame if anything happened between you two.]

I didn't reply to him, either. Instead, I opened my social media, found a shadowy picture of myself at the amusement park, and posted it with the caption, "Happy Holidays!"

After that, I scrolled through my posts and deleted everything related to Conrad. It felt like something a celebrity going through a breakup would do. It was best to erase all traces of that love if we were no longer a couple and couldn't be lovers. It would only serve to sour the heart and turn the stomach.

My eyes

They passed my door and faded with the sound of a door closing. I knew Ernest

to bed late, I woke up early, unable to sleep with all the noise outside. But my eyelids

of inviting our new tenant over for dinner," Ethel's voice made me smile even in my half- awake

so warm-hearted, even planning a dinner. It gave me a

make it. Go on without me," Ernest replied,

such a

woman who liked a

have a

that thought, I dismissed the man from my mind. After

lazily opened the door. The courtyard was filled with sunshine

made some mashed potatoes. Care for some?" Ethel

was right up my alley,

come over and have some," Ethel was seated at the stone table

of my childhood, of my parents, flooded back, and