Chapter 104



I had already agreed to see her off before heading back to work.

But when I arrived, I only saw Deborah. Ernest was nowhere to be found. "Where's he?"

"Graham took him away," Deborah locked eyes with me, saying, "Felicia, even your future mother-in-law came to mediate, and you..."

"It's over between Conrad and me, no matter who comes to persuade. Don't give it another thought," I cut her off, making my stance clear once again.

Deborah sighed, "Honestly, the Wagners are such a wonderful family, it's just that the leading man is a bit lacking."

She was right. Everything about the Wagner family was great, but I wasn't marrying the Wagner family; I was marrying Conrad.

And if he wasn't right, nothing else mattered.

Deborah and I waited for Ernest for half an hour, but he didn't show. So, I decided to give him a call.

Turns out, he left his phone in the lounge area.

"Felicia, Mr. Collins definitely doesn't have a girlfriend. Look, he doesn't even keep his phone on him. If he had a girlfriend, he'd be glued to it," Deborah analyzed with her seasoned wisdom.

and checked the time before standing up. "I'm going to check

Ernest's voice. "Calling me away will delay the project by at

Ernest was called

What's going on here?

was about to push the door open when Ivan's voice came from inside, "Mr. Wagner said this is our

for me then, and I pushed the door open. "I

caught off guard, quickly tried to explain, "Ms. Hudson, this was

of the amusement park, and I say no to

but I knew

I said, van, go tell Mr. Wagner is my decision.

that

anyone, he might as well

"Ms. Hudson..."

let's get back to

didn't let Ivan get another word in and called for

then I grabbed

just as we reached the door, we bumped into Conrad. His gaze immediately fell on my hand holding Ernest's. First, he sent Jacqueline to test the waters, and now this stunt with Ernest. I never knew he

saw the fury in his eyes, followed by his mocking tone, "Ms. Hudson,

it!" I shot back

face turned stormy. Ernest then spoke up, "Mr. Wagner, if you're replacing me, I'd like to

delaying the project. Those are the reasons,"

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