No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Ever since the breakup, I hadn't even glanced at Conrad, let alone stood this close to him.

But there he was, right in front of me, badly injured.

The memory of the car flipping over played in my mind, how he had shielded me with his body, taking the brunt of the impact to protect me.

"Conrad, say something," I urged him.

I knew talking was futile; it would only make him want to sleep more.

"What should I say?" he murmured weakly.

"Anything. Tell me what you've been thinking since we split, talk about Haley Perez if you must. And where did you go recently?" I blurted out, a flood of bottled-up questions pouring out.

He remained silent. I thought he had fallen asleep, but just as I was about to call out to him again, he spoke, "Felicia, I truly love you."

My breath caught at his words, his pale face from loss of blood making it hard for me to respond.

"You're the only girl I've ever really liked. After meeting you... other women just seem like regular people to me, I can't even distinguish their gender..."

women have shown interest in me... there were even those who stripped and lay in my bed

were times I had to entertain clients and call girls were involved, but I never touched them. I always felt

wore a really convincing mask, maybe it was fate trying to mess with us..." He struggled to

never looking anything less than confident. I had never seen him

or our love wasn't strong enough, nothing else

briefly and then shut his eyes. "Yeah, guess it's my

this up now?" My palm felt sticky; his blood had seeped through my

he kept bleeding like this, he

outside, but could see nothing beyond the tangled branches and

Ernest sent for

reach out to him; he must have known Ernest would be

with my phone gone, I had no way

a great guy and you're with him because he moved you, right?" Conrad

our rescue, I absentmindedly hummed in agreement, but then I realized what he was implying and

helicopter filled the air.

it was Club Q's scouts

for Conrad to be quiet, whispering,

held my breath, watching the helicopter from inside the wrecked