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.

wasn't set for me but used me as bait

was the only one who emerged

feelings for you, and Conrad knew that. But once you two were apart, he had no reason to stop Dustin directly. The best way

show you how much he loved you, risking his life, and to clear himself of suspicion. After all, who

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

it," Ernest

at him, inadvertently catching a glimpse of his wounds just as the doctor finished up

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

me intently. "I didn't want any woman but

I was momentarily speechless.

out of

him a playful smack. "Be serious, Ernest. What else

his schemes were ultimately driven by one thing -

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

point with Ernest. What mattered was the here and now, the person in

I was left hanging in danger while Ernest just watched, I couldn't help but ask, "Ernest, how could you claim to love

you holding me

me deeply. I'm angry and, of