No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 804

"No worries!" Fanny said, tucking her phone away with a casual flick.

When someone says it's nothing, it's usually something. But she wasn't ready to spill the beans, and I wasn't about to pry.

Probably had something to do with Yates.

It's hard to completely cut ties sometimes. It's like trying to give up chocolate; the craving just never really goes away. Even though Conrad and I had been apart for ages and I was already seeing someone new, we still had this constant back-and- forth thing. Not necessarily about love, but there were always other strings attached.

Jacqueline found out I was pregnant, and she showed up at my place with a basket full of goodies.

"How wonderful, Felicia's going to be a mom!" she beamed.

"Felicia, the hospital's no place for you-terrible food and all. Why not come home? I'll take care of you like my own," she insisted.

baby had nothing to do with the Wagner family. Her joy was more about me still being her girl, the one

I couldn't deny that in the ten years with them, they'd genuinely cared

after. Adding me to the mix would just wear you out. Besides, being at the hospital means I'm right next to the doctors if

wasn't about holding a grudge. It was the complicated ties with her

feel like dancing

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be forgotten.

accentuated by the silver streaks in her hair catching the light. She sighed softly but managed a reassuring smile. "You're right, of course. But I'll bring you meats every

say it wasn't necessary, but the plea in her eyes made my heart soften. "Thank you, Aunt Jackie. That

a smile that deepened the lines around her eyes. I paused, taken

moon. He even had a few extra

Mr. Wagner really that ill now, counting bites