No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 717

"Susie," I began, trying to muster the words.

But as soon as her name escaped my lips, she bolted away.

Mack dashed after her, casting a helpless, painful look my way.

"Staring won't help. Go after her. If anything happens, you'll regret it for the rest of your life," I urged him, and he immediately took off in pursuit of Susie.

With a deep sigh, I returned to our booth where Phipps was waiting. "If you didn't show up soon, I was about to come looking for you," he remarked upon seeing me.

Under normal circumstances, I would have joked, but my heart was too heavy.

Murmuring, I managed to say, "Susie... she found out..."

Phipps listened silently, his shock evident. Since the days when he was known as Ernest, he'd been aware of Mack and never objected to his relationship with his sister, trusting Mack to take care of her. But now, even he seemed burdened with guilt.

"Ph..." I started to say more, but Phipps stood up before I could finish.

I expected him to chase after Susie or confront Mack, but instead, he turned to me, still dazed, and said, "Let's go."

What?

looked at him, and he extended

I took it, and he pulled me up, guiding me

taking me to find Susie, but only realized my mistake when we got into the

to find Susie?"

would I?"

added, "I'm not caught up in the

he wasn't

couldn't be. He was

and all that had happened overwhelmed me, and I clutched Phipps. "It's just us here. Can you drop the act for

might think your boyfriend's lost it, but

left

mirrors he focused

"Don't

but in that moment, I chose to comply. Gripping

gone far when we saw two

to hold onto Susie, who

down, perhaps to observe or