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.

know," Ernest said, softly tousling my hair. "You think there's more to this

Ernest just got me.

are valid. Maybe everything was calculated from the moment Dustin returned," Ernest's words made

had my suspicions, hearing

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

when he came back not too long ago,

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

with that. "Then give me some insight from a

you, right?"

until he came

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

continued, "He left for a few years,

of Dustin's departure. "He left

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

Dustin had been the first to call me when things went south with

wasn't naive; I could feel it

to Dustin, yet his insight was spot-on, almost as