No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 620

Conrad and Jefferson didn't say anything, just staring at me with a creepy kind of calm.

I clumsily raised my head, my brain seemingly failing to catch up as I asked, "Don't you guys know?"

Struggling to sit up, I pushed on, "Then I'll go find him myself..."

"Felicia," Jefferson's voice halted me, his eyes shimmering with a reddish hue.

Blinking in confusion, I asked, "What's wrong?"

"Felicia, you have to come to terms with the fact that Ernest is... gone," Conrad chimed in softly.

I nodded, a hollow laugh escaping me, "I know..."

The words felt surreal, yet I continued, "I know he's gone, that's why I want to be with him..."

Jefferson's grip on my hand tightened, causing a sharp pain. I looked at him, "Jefferson, you're hurting me."

"Felicia," his voice was raspy with emotion, "Ernest is gone. You can't see him anymore."

back at him, a turmoil brewing inside me that I desperately suppressed, even going as far as to stubbornly insist, "I can, just

back. I tried to pry his hand off, "Let me

Ernest one more time. I needed to see him; otherwise, I feared I might lose my

Conrad interjected sharply, pausing before adding,

cold, disbelief all over my face as I was lost

his hand gripping my shoulder, "Felicia, you need... to stay

"He didn't mean that,

eyes deepened, "Felicia, it's okay

because I couldn't believe

I pushed Jefferson away, "No! You're lying, all of you are lying. I

to run out, but

emotions inside me erupted, and I began to hit him, though he refused to let go no matter how

down on

didn't flinch, enduring

no longer maintain my grip, I pleaded

accept it," Conrad's voice

could I accept

so full of life, had been right there with me, dodging and weaving through the crowd at Brown's, his