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.

softly tousling my hair. "You think there's more

Ernest just got me.

everything was calculated from the moment Dustin returned," Ernest's

hearing Ernest say it outright still shocked

I knew Dustin. He was always the dependable big brother type, looking out for me and

came back not too long ago, he insisted that if he had wanted the company,

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

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

has feelings for you, right?" Ernest

didn't know until he came back this

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

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

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

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 thing, so as soon as he heard about your fallout with Conrad, he came back,

reasoning was sound. Indeed, Dustin had been the first to call me when things went south

I could feel

insight was spot-on, almost as if he were