No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 389



Her words were sincere, and her loneliness was palpable. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been at odds with me one moment and seeking friendship the next.

"I don't have many friends. Mr. Clark forbids it, but I can tell he treats you differently, so... if I become friends with you, he might not mind," Shirley approached me with a hopeful look.

I didn't respond.

"Felicia, I really mean no harm. I just want to be friends. Plus, Nancy adores you; she's mentioned you a few times," Shirley brought up her daughter, trying to appeal to me.

"I get it. You might not think highly of someone like me. Then, consider it for Nancy's sake, please?" Shirley's earlier arrogance had vanished, replaced by a hint of desperation, almost as if she were begging.

"I'm too busy for friends," I still refused.

It wasn't about being cold-hearted, but getting entangled with Mr. Clark's affairs, his woman no less, spelled nothing but trouble for me. The last thing I wanted was to wade into those murky waters.

The light in Shirley's eyes extinguished like a candle in the wind, and she lowered her head with a self-mocking laugh, "I know, I'm not worth your time."

She tried to guilt me into relenting, but she didn't understand me. Such tactics only pushed me further away.

feeling her gaze on my back even from

Jacqueline called me in the evening, "Felicia,

in the car

he looked for you?" she

didn't really

I denied, "Jacqueline, is

even seen him, what could possibly

calling; knowing Conrad was back but not seeing

probably tied

with

He'll come

you later," I

excuses for him, as

That widow, no doubt," Jacqueline was

foel

respond, and she continued, clearly frustrated, "He's lost to the charms of that young widow, forgetting his own parents. Felicia, why did I even bother having him? If

her, "Don't be upset; it's bad for your health. Mr. Wagner is sick, and you need to take care of him." "Felicia, you're the only

am your daughter," I