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 all too familiar; they were about the company. So, the caller

there was Ernest, talking like he

rich guy named

I've been

to me. Could

hanging up, Ernest found me on the other side of the corridor. Standing next to me, he asked softly, "Why are

you, couldn't

Ernest said, gazing into

pronounced each word with

of this diagnosis was all too clear, a reality that money couldn't

when I was with

was struck by the same illness and

and I didn't share blood, his affection over the past decade, treating me as if I were his own daughter,

losing him too

around me, "Medical science has advanced significantly. There

varies

on Ernest's shoulder, "What I fear most now is loss, yet it seems I'm

that, losing and welcoming