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.

lab coat and in a crisp suit,

too, had dressed up in a formal suit, giving off a CEO vibe straight out of a

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

think picked

dinner was filled with joy, Fanny and I didn't hold back

approachable, was even more so tonight,

and the quintessential tech guy, matched Yates in conversation, displaying his wide range of

Collins is a hidden gem. He knows everything," Fanny complimented Ernest

world to find him," I joked with Fanny

there was Conrad coming out of the

saw me, and likely heard my

Fanny broke the awkward silence between me

the restroom

at dinner, Conrad shifted his attention from me to Jeremy, "Mr.

bad penny; he always turns up," Fanny

might just be

you be sure?" Fanny was

the Collins family. There was talk of a partnership between the Wagner Group and the Collins

explained.