No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Fanny chuckled, "Sure."

"Wow, that was easy. Have you checked with Yates?" I teased.

Fanny replied, "No questions asked."

I instantly got it, "Tomorrow isn't about you two wanting some alone time, is it?"

"Well, a double date could work too," Fanny winked at me before turning away.

Watching her walk away, I could tell she didn't want Yates to leave, but she was too stubborn to admit it.

"We should treat them to something special tomorrow, maybe plan something extra," I whispered to Ernest.

Ernest didn't catch my drift this time, "Like what?"

I leaned closer. "A luxury penthouse suite."

Ernest didn't book the penthouse, but he managed to reserve a table at Seabreeze City's most upscale restaurant for Yates' farewell dinner.

"You two are going all out," Fanny said, now treating me as the future Mrs. Collins after Ernest's proposal.

"Yates saved Susie's life; it's the least we can do," Ernest replied graciously to Yates.

out of his lab coat and in a crisp

up in a formal suit, giving off a CEO vibe straight out of a TV

surprised, "Ernest really cleans up well. He's a heartbreaker

do you think picked it

dinner was filled with joy, Fanny and I

usually approachable, was even more so tonight, shedding his professor

guy, matched Yates in conversation, displaying his wide

He knows everything," Fanny complimented Ernest during a restroom

to find him,"

up, there was Conrad coming

and likely heard my comment,

broke the awkward

another figure emerged from the restroom -

Conrad shifted his attention from me to Jeremy, "Mr. Collins, after you." Jeremy saw me too but didn't say anything. Instead,

bad penny; he always turns up,"

just be a

you be

him is my current boss and the heir to the Collins family. There was talk of a partnership between the Wagner Group and the Collins family.

explained.