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.

to Ernest who was

care," Dustin

spoke to me

for the life of me, I couldn't figure

became even more aloof

threw ourselves into the job, though now we had set

if it was

end of the week, we were on schedule, but what lay ahead

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

Every night, I had to review the day's work, often not getting to bed until around eleven

truly exhausted, resorting to cold showers and foot baths to jolt myself

who had

Are you asleep?

need to discuss.

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

I grabbed my

cotton pajama pants, somehow looked taller, making me

he didn't say anything, just stepped aside to

laptop

me and said, "Check