No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 340



"Licia, you're such a clingy one," Susie's words threw me off for a second, but she quickly followed up with a playful, "But I kinda like it."

"Little miss troublemaker," I teased back, giving her a mock stern look, which only made Susie burst into giggles.

Stepping out of the hospital room, I checked the corridor which was empty on both sides. Susie mentioned Ernest was on a call, probably looking for a quieter spot. Thinking it over for a moment, I decided to head towards the emergency stairs.

As I got closer, I could hear Ernest's voice, "...the old garage is gone, but the mechanics should still be around. We need to track them down... Yes, it's necessary. I owe it to Licia to clear this up, and to prove my father's innocence."

Hearing this tightened something in my chest.

Deep down, I had been wrestling with the thought of investigating the car accident's brake failure further. Turns out, Ernest was already on it.

Just as I was about to go in and find him, his phone rang again, stopping me in my tracks.

The door to the emergency stairs was slightly ajar, and I could see Ernest pinching a cigarette between his fingers, answering the call, "Back already... Yeah, came together... What, can't keep the show running without us?... I know, no need for you to come over, that'd be too obvious... Won't delay things, still working on those codes..."

were about the company. So, the caller was Grant

there was Ernest, talking like he was Grant's boss or

rich guy

like I've been

Ernest said he wouldn't lie to me. Could it be

on the other side of the corridor. Standing next to me, he asked

couldn't

call," Ernest said, gazing into my eyes, "How are things

pronounced each word with

significance of this diagnosis was all too clear, a reality that

when I

colleague, only thirty-three, was struck by the same illness and passed away in less than a hundred days from

didn't share blood, his affection over the past decade, treating me as

losing him too was

turmoil, wrapping his arms gently around me, "Medical science has advanced significantly.

it varies

I fear most now is loss, yet

is like that, losing and welcoming anew," Ernest soothed, stroking