No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 822

"Let go!" I snapped, my voice as cold as the winter wind sweeping across the English countryside.

Dustin didn't budge; he just tightened his grip on my arm.

This whole mess was his doing, and I was boiling with anger and resentment. I swung my hand, slapping him hard across the face.

The slap echoed through the room, sharp and biting.

"Dustin, you're nothing but a scumbag," I spat out, my voice laced with venom.

He had the audacity to use his own parents' funeral for his schemes. He didn't deserve to be called human anymore. And as for Ernest? He must have been threatened by Dustin. Otherwise, he would never have turned on Fanny like that. "Go ahead, call me whatever you want," Dustin said, his face tinged red from my slap, yet he remained unfazed. In fact, he seemed to welcome my insults.

was a lunatic, a complete madman at this

loss for words. Not only because I wasn't great at hurling insults, but because someone like him

scumbag, a jerk, but I wasn't always like this. Do you remember how I was when you first came to our family?" Dustin started reminiscing, much

best of everything-good food, fun times. Whenever you two messed up, I'd take the

and seeing your smile made me want to do even more for you. I cared about you more than Rad, but your heart, your eyes, they were always for him. I told myself it was because you two were closer

you wanted to be with, you chose him, without even considering me. No one knows how I

talks about the pain of the one who's making the sacrifice. I even hurt myself and I still have the scars on my arms and legs. Then Mom and Dad started hinting that they wanted Rád to manage the family

sacrifice myself as if it was my own idea. I was used to giving in, so I left the country, completely stepping

Felicia. I was alone in a foreign land, tortured by homesickness, while you guys were back home, living it up as one big happy family. I numbed myself with drinks at bars, and being alone made me an easy target for con artists. I almost didn't

the jerk I am today, with a little help from all of you. If you had cared for me even a little, if you hadn't been

you and Rad broke up, I was so excited I couldn't sleep. I thought I might