No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

I kept my eyes locked on Dustin. The moment he spoke, I knew what was up.

"Felicia," Dustin murmured my name, "don't overthink it."

Overthink?

I hadn't, not until he mentioned it. Now, the thought wouldn't leave me alone. "Mom and Dad know too, right?!"

My question sounded more like a confirmation.

They'd raised me for years; of course, they knew my blood type.

"Felicia, when they took you into the Wagner household, they assumed responsibility for you. Knowing these details is just part of that, nothing wrong," Dustin tried his best to explain. Sure, they knew about my rare blood type, the same as Conrad's. Nothing wrong with that.

But they never mentioned it, which felt off.

They wouldn't think poorly of you," Dustin continued,

grown, not a child anymore. "Dustin, I hadn't overthought

the last

Dustin's expression faltered. "Felicia..."

pack, will you?" I didn't believe Dustin had bad intentions, but what he said really got my

a seed of doubt is planted,

me, my mind wandered to my arranged marriage with

the accident, my parents had teased about arranging a marriage for me. I'd

hugged them, vowing to never marry just to stay with

was Herschel and Jacqueline who.

shared the same rare blood type? Were they hoping

blood type, fabricated this engagement to ensure I'd

lifesaver?

with rare blood types, nearly ending up married seemed too convenient. And no one in the Wagner family had