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.

"You think there's more to this situation

Ernest just got me.

calculated from the moment Dustin returned," Ernest's

I had my suspicions, hearing

always the dependable big brother type, looking out for me and

came back not too long ago, he

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

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

for you,

but I didn't know until he came back this time," I

you just as long as Conrad, maybe even more

quietly as he continued, "He left for a few years,

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

brother, he stepped aside and traveled far, thinking distance would lessen his feelings for

the first

I

wasn't close to Dustin, yet his insight was