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."

stared back at him, a turmoil brewing inside me that I desperately suppressed, even going as far as to stubbornly insist, "I can, just let me go." "Felicia," Jefferson's tone

his words couldn't hold me back. I tried to pry his hand off, "Let

see Ernest one more time. I needed to see him; otherwise,

Conrad interjected sharply, pausing

words stopped me cold, disbelief all over my face as I

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

"He didn't mean that, right? Tell

Jefferson's eyes deepened, "Felicia, it's okay to

I didn't want to cry, because I couldn't believe it,

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

run out, but

his grip unyielding The bottled-up emotions inside me erupted, and I began to hit him, though he refused to let go no

I bit down

didn't flinch,

maintain my grip, I

you have to accept it," Conrad's voice

could I accept

through the crowd at Brown's, his heartbeat, his warmth still felt