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.

set for me but used me as

was the only one

once 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 was

alligator pit served two purposes. To show you how much he loved you, risking his

said, "So you thought Conrad was playing the martyr, and you wanted to see

part of it," Ernest admitted,

I turned to look at him, inadvertently catching a glimpse of

I think a nurse might have been gentler," I suggested to

me intently. "I didn't want any woman but you to see me like

I was momentarily speechless.

out

smack. "Be serious, Ernest. What else was Conrad up

ultimately driven by one thing

but it wasn't just about me. It was about their own ambitions

with Ernest. What mattered was the here and now, the

watched, I couldn't help but ask, "Ernest, how could you claim to

you holding me to

angry and, of