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

Ernest just got me.

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

suspicions, hearing Ernest say

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

long ago,

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

"Then give me some insight from a man's

feelings for you, right?" Ernest was

until he came back

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

continued, "He left

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

you had made your 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 thing, so as

Dustin had been the first to call

I could feel

insight was spot-on, almost as if