No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 396

Chapter 396

Chapter 396



His face was tight and cold, a stark contrast to any other time I'd seen him.

"Huh?" The man looked at me again, surprised. "Mistaken? No way, your fiancée is stunning. How could I..."

"My fiancée is at home with my parents," Conrad said, then strode off with long steps.

"Huh? It's not..." The man was still in shock, staring at my face, but as Conrad walked away, he hurried after him, muttering, "How can they look so alike? They could be the same person."

Conrad had left, sparing me the embarrassment of a lie, a move I hadn't anticipated.

Given his nature, I expected him to just admit the truth, embarrassing both me and Ernest even more.

But he didn't.

Even as he passed by me, he was indifferent, as if he truly didn't recognize me.

This Conrad seemed different, changed from before.

that flared at the slightest provocation, now

time he showed up beneath my apartment, he hadn't sought me

he had

my thoughts, Ernest had already guided me into the

present, I looked at him. His expression was unreadable, but thinking of the scene we'd just left, I felt he must be uncomfortable

but before I could speak, Ernest's other hand gently tousled

in

could have been avoided had I remembered the hotel was arranged by Jefferson. Conrad and Jefferson were close friends; it

changing hotels

Conrad's appearance had cast a silence between Ernest and

was suddenly

I had flirted with

earlier, giving

im hints, his kiss

more than just that, perhaps...

gasping for air, and rested his forehead against mine. I looked at his heaving chest. "Ernest, you're bothered by my past with Conrad,

Adam's apple bobbed, his voice husky. "I mind that he

unable to refute the

years, planning a future together. That

onto that," I

suddenly narrowed,