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.

tousling my hair. "You think there's more to this situation than meets the

Ernest just got me.

from the moment Dustin returned," Ernest's words made my

had my suspicions, hearing Ernest say

Dustin. He was always the dependable big brother type, looking out for me and Conrad since we

even left town for a few years, and when he came back not too long ago, he insisted that if he had wanted the company, he wouldn't have left

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

couldn't argue with that. "Then give me some insight from a man's

has feelings for you, right?" Ernest was

didn't know until he

"He's been into you just

"He left for a few years,

of Dustin's departure. "He left when Conrad and I made our

distance would lessen his feelings for you. But these four years probably didn't

Dustin had been the first to call

I could

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