No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 134



When she brought me the steaming coffee, I couldn't help but vent, "Conrad, that jerk. I never imagined he'd be so despicable beneath his facade." I sipped the coffee, its bitterness echoing my thoughts. "Turns out Conrad just pitied me."

Even though Conrad and I had parted ways, the memories of our past, once sweet, lingered. But his words had mercilessly stripped away the veneer of pretense, exposing the ugly truth.

Fanny's hand rested on my shoulder, comforting. "Seeing him for who he is now is better than never."

I remained silent, deep in my thoughts, until Fanny nudged me. "How about we give him a taste of his own medicine?"

"What?" I was at my lowest.

Conrad's words had reopened old wounds, reminding me of the darkest period of my life. He was right about one thing. After the car accident that took my parents, leaving their bodies in the cold morgue, I was utterly alone. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't bear the thought of going home. I even considered ending it all to be with my parents again.

part of their family. They became my beacon of hope in that sea of despair. They were my life raft,

misinterpreted Conrad's smile when we first met. Looking back, it wasn't friendly. It was mockery, right? Yet, I saw it as a

to find someone else, fall in love, or get married. Show Conrad you can move on without him.

realizes his mistake," she squeezed my shoulders, her anger toward Conrad

laugh. "What is this, a soap opera? Are we supposed to just fall in love on

only way to break free from Conrad's grasp," Fanny encouraged

fell, and then, she dropped another name, "Ernest. He

right," I

had shown interest in

and he

vel?

I would invite more trouble

"He's perfect," Fanny disagreed.

I said, my mind