No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 314



Was he seriously flirting with me in that cheeky way?

But he's always been such a straight arrow!

So, I ended up thinking maybe I was the one with the not-so-pure thoughts.

"Care to test that theory?" Ernest's burning gaze made my cheeks flare up again.

I pinched him, pretending to be mad, "You gonna listen or not? 'Cause I'll stop talking if you aren't."

"I'm listening!"

I gazed out the window, recounting to Ernest what Dustin had shared with me. After listening, he keenly asked, "You're worried, aren't you?"

"Yeah, but not about Conrad. It's the company I'm worried about," I clarified immediately.

said, softly tousling my hair. "You think there's

Ernest just got me.

are valid. Maybe everything was calculated from the moment Dustin returned," Ernest's words

my suspicions, hearing Ernest say it outright still shocked

thought I knew Dustin. He was always the dependable big brother type, looking

a few years, and when he came back not too long ago, he insisted that if he

not before, but now? It's possible," Ernest spoke calmly. "Licia,

that. "Then give me

has feelings for you, right?" Ernest

until he came back this

was certain, "He's been into you just as long as Conrad, maybe even

quietly as he continued, "He left for a few

remembered the timing of Dustin's departure. "He left when Conrad

choice and lost hope. As the older brother, he stepped aside and traveled far, thinking distance would lessen his feelings for you. But these four years probably didn't change a

first to call me

naive; I could feel

wasn't close to Dustin, yet his insight was spot-on, almost as if