No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 82



I let out a chuckle. "In the next life, I'll be reborn as their daughter, and then... we can be siblings."

Dustin's smile froze for a moment before he gestured towards the plate of dumplings, "Have some more, you've been looking thinner lately."

"Sure," I replied, focusing on my meal.

Dustin kept his eyes on me until I could eat no more, and then I had some soup.

"Rad still cares about you, making that soup under my mom's name," Dustin remarked.

I gave a wry smile, "Better late than never, but still not worth much."

The soreness in my mouth affected my appetite, so I packed up the leftover dumplings and soup. "Dustin, thanks for coming all this way. Please tell your parents I'll visit them once I'm less busy."

I gestured towards the amusement park, "There's less than a month until the deadline, and the lighting isn't even set up yet. It's really hectic."

"Rad told me, but you need to take care of yourself," Dustin advised.

Ernest who was busy nearby, "I

Dustin reminded

lunch and barely spoke to me all afternoon, acting

life of me, I couldn't figure

the following days, Ernest became even more aloof and silent, just

job, though

if it was

of the week, we were on

the point where she couldn't even stay awake to watch her

I couldn't afford that luxury. Every night, I had to review the day's

truly exhausted, resorting to cold showers

who had been

another cold foot bath: Are you asleep? If not, could you come over? There are a

need to discuss.

had been just the first three words, I'd have ignored it, but he mentioned work, so I

my laptop and

and black cotton pajama pants,

narrowing slightly, but he didn't say anything,

laptop down,

me and said, "Check out these spots I've marked, do they