No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 303



"Not feeling well?" Dustin walked in, holding a bouquet, his face etched with concern.

Lying down at this moment seemed inappropriate. Grasping the bedrail, I attempted to sit up, but Dustin pressed gently against my shoulder. "Don't get up."

"I'm okay," I insisted, trying to sit up anyway.

Lying before Ernest was never awkward, making him quite different from other men to me.

Dustin's gaze fixed on my face. "What happened?"

How could I tell him the shock from my parents' situation had got to me?

It wasn't that I couldn't say it, but it was more that I didn't want to. For some reason, I'd been keeping my words to a minimum, avoiding wasting them on things I could easily brush off.

"Just a little faint from low blood sugar," I lied.

Dustin seemed skeptical, eyeing me closely before I quickly changed the subject, "What did you want to talk about?"

Dustin hesitated, then offered a placating falsehood, "Nothing much."

if you've got something to say. Beating around the bush is only going

better," Dustin replied, ever the

that was why I couldn't see him as more than a brotherly figure despite years

to push his buttons, feigning urgency. "Not telling me makes me more anxious, which

somewhat helpless. "Fine, I'll

paused for seconds. "Rad had a fall-out with

I haven't," I admitted

today, and

one of Rad's houses, which set Rad off. My dad

only aware of the first part. The rest was

mentioned kicking Haley out of the house, I felt it

you trying to say by telling me all this?"

if it

want

drag you into this, but my

because of me, right?" I finished

I

"The house was supposed to be Conrad's gift to me, but he let Haley stay there instead. That's also why Conrad and

held

at me, and I met his gaze without flinching. "But I've never brought this up with your parents. As to why they would know about it, I

thing's for sure..."