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 busy nearby, "I need

Dustin reminded me

to me all afternoon,

the life of me, I

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

we both threw ourselves into the job, though now we had set times for drinking

wasn't sure if it was for

the week, we were on schedule, but what lay

was super intense and completely wiped Deborah out, to the point where she

the day's work, often not

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

had been

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

need to discuss.

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

grabbed my laptop and knocked on

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

but he didn't say anything, just stepped aside to let

my laptop

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