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.

I said, pointing to Ernest who was

Dustin reminded me

to me all afternoon, acting as if

life of me, I couldn't figure out

became even more aloof and

into the job, though now we had

it was for his sake or

of the week, we were on schedule, but what

out, to the point where

Every night, I had to review the day's work, often not getting to

cold showers and foot

who had

cold foot bath: Are you asleep? If not, could you come

need to discuss.

had been just the first three words, I'd have ignored it,

refreshed, I grabbed my laptop and

in his olive-green tee and black cotton pajama pants, somehow looked taller,

fell on my face, narrowing slightly, but he didn't say anything, just

placed my laptop

his own towards me and said, "Check