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.

hair. "You think there's more to this situation than meets the eye,

Ernest just got me.

Maybe everything was calculated from the moment Dustin

my suspicions, hearing Ernest say it outright

dependable big brother type, looking

ago,

but now? It's possible," Ernest spoke calmly. "Licia, you don't really understand

argue with that. "Then give me some insight from a man's

for you, right?" Ernest was

until he

you just as long as Conrad, maybe even more

he continued, "He left for a

departure. "He left when Conrad and I made our

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 thing, so as

the first to call me

naive; I

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