No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 866

"What's the matter? Am I not good enough?" Grant admitted with a shrug, seemingly unfazed.

Fanny and I just laughed it off, thinking he was joking. The more casually someone admits something like that, the less likely it is to be true.

Maybe Grant was just bored with the small crowd, but he decided to play the gallant escort, showering Fanny and me with attention. This, of course, didn't sit well with Ernest. "If you're trying to win over a girlfriend, leave my wife out of it," he grumbled.

"Come on, Mr. Collins, remember when you were begging me to take you out for dinner and give you a raise to make sure your wife was taken care of? I'm just doing what I've gotten used to," Grant shot back, not missing a beat.

Ernest was unfazed. "That was then; this is now. Keep your distance from my wife, and... if you're doing all my work, what's left for me to do?"

Grant just laughed it off. "Man, if you wanted to impress your wife, you could've just said so instead of playing games."

"Grant, no wonder you've been single for thirty years," Ernest quipped.

Grant took it in stride. "Not for long, though!"

Fanny with a mock-serious look. "Isn't that

along, her voice dripping with mock drama,

eyes widened in

then nodded. "Sure,

I?" Grant's over-the-top reaction had us all chuckling. I couldn't

Sinclair said, stepping in and gently

his hips, "And

sense Sinclair had a soft spot for Fanny. She, however, always denied it, possibly because she couldn't get past the whole "family" thing. After all, Sinclair was her uncle, albeit only a few years older than

in fishing? I'll take you," Sinclair said

followed, leaving Grant to move forward, but I stopped

Dr. Willis," Grant replied earnestly, throwing me for a

came over and put an arm around Grant's shoulders. "It's

Willis isn't married or seeing anyone, right? I'm single tog. We're not ten years apart, and we get along well. How is that wrong" Grant laid out his reasoning, and for

This could get complicated.