No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 727

"You've had your suspicions about Dustin for a while, but what about Conrad? You both were working together, yet when he was surrounded by alligators, you didn't step in to help. Why was that?" I voiced my confusion. Now that Conrad and I had parted ways, his fate shouldn't concern me anymore. Yet, the scene replayed in my mind, sometimes even haunting my dreams.

I had asked Conrad about it, and though he gave me his perspective, I knew Ernest's explanation would hold the true insight.

"Testing him," Ernest replied tersely.

"Because he's Dustin's brother?" I probed further.

"Yes, but that's not the whole story. I had other reasons to be suspicious," Ernest admitted, piquing my curiosity.

"Like what?"

From my angle, I couldn't see Ernest's wounds or his expression as he spoke.

"It all seemed too orchestrated, with all suspicions directed at Dustin, as if someone was pulling the strings," Ernest's words took me back to that time.

Indeed, it felt like that. Moving into Dustin's mansion, then the mishap. The danger seemed aimed at me, yet it was Ernest and his team who bore the brunt.

realized then the trap wasn't set for me

that whole kidnapping fiasco, I was the only one who

you two were apart, he had no reason to stop Dustin directly. The best way to keep you apart was to make you believe Dustin

much he loved you, risking

Ernest's reasoning, I said, "So you thought Conrad was playing the martyr, and you

it," Ernest

catching a glimpse of his wounds

did you have the doctor treat these wounds? I think a nurse might have been gentler,"

want any woman but you to see

I was momentarily speechless.

came out

"Be serious,

were ultimately driven by

it wasn't just about me.

didn't feel the need to argue that point with Ernest. What mattered was the here and now, the person in

couldn't help but ask, "Ernest, how could

jaw tightened. "Are you holding me to

angry and, of