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.

who was busy

care," Dustin reminded

skipped lunch and barely spoke to me all afternoon, acting as

of me, I couldn't

more aloof and

was actually fine by me; we both threw ourselves into the job, though now we had set times for drinking

wasn't sure if it was for his sake or

on schedule, but what lay

was super intense and completely wiped Deborah out, to the point where she couldn't

luxury. Every night, I had to review the day's work,

truly exhausted, resorting to cold showers and

who had been almost

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

need to discuss.

I'd have ignored it, but he mentioned work,

I grabbed my laptop and knocked on

black cotton pajama pants, somehow looked taller,

on my face, narrowing slightly, but he didn't say anything, just stepped aside to let me

laptop down, about

when he turned his own towards me and said, "Check out these spots I've marked, do they