No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 77



Turning around, there was Conrad, locking eyes with me. But his first words were directed at Deborah. "Where are you headed?"

"Felicia has a mouth ulcer; I'm off to grab some ointment for her," Deborah replied. At that, Conrad strode over to us.

"Have you been drinking enough water?" he asked me, with an intimate knowledge of my habits. I tend to get inflamed easily, so I mostly stick to soups and make sure I drink lots of water. Otherwise, I'd end up with either nosebleeds or painful sores in my mouth.

After ten years of knowing each other, Conrad was well aware of this. Yet, his comment felt like a jab, reminding me of something he once said to Jefferson about being "too familiar."

Familiar to the point where he seemed disinterested in me, captivated instead by a widow.

"Is there a reason you're here, Mr. Wagner?" I responded, deliberately avoiding his question and adopting a formal, almost icy tone.

Conrad, faced with my cold demeanor, visibly frowned. He was about to speak when he noticed Ernest standing next to me. "Come over here; I need to talk to you," he said instead.

to say, with Ernest around,

a tight schedule, Mr. Wagner. If you

face clouded with obvious irritation. "You're doing this to get back at me,

His remark came out

can throw a fit about not wanting to get married, fine. You want to make me jealous by flirting with other men, go ahead. But

then I got it, especially his last

but I hadn't expected Conrad to misinterpret my relationship

which annoyed me. "Conrad, do

at me. I couldn't help but scoff,

instantly. "Felicia, I've told you, Haley

topic. "Whether you two have something going on or

that why you're making such a big deal out of everything?" Conrad accused, turning the

be it. Didn't you say we're too familiar? So familiar that there's no

by his sides, clenched into

think it's clear we're over, Mr. Wagner. Quit clinging on, sending me texts just to delete them

been confronted like this before. Over the years, I had always been the compliant, docile