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."

got something to say. Beating around the bush is

wait until you're feeling better," Dustin replied, ever the gentle

couldn't see him as

buttons, feigning urgency. "Not telling me makes me more

looked somewhat helpless. "Fine, I'll

"Rad had a fall-out with my parents. You probably

I haven't," I

saw Conrad today, and

softly. "My mom kicked Haley out of one of Rad's houses, which set Rad off. My dad

only aware of the first part. The

the house, I felt it would end badly, but she wouldn't

you trying to say by telling me all this?" I knew Dustin had a reason for bringing

conflicted as if it was hard to

knowing smile. "You want me to talk

it's not fair to drag you into this, but my parents listen to you, and..." Dustin stopped, but

of me,

that's not what I meant,"

Haley stay there instead. That's also why Conrad and I broke up, something

held a

his gaze without flinching. "But I've never brought this up with your parents. As to why

thing's for sure..."