No More Waiting, She Chooses Love novel Chapter 389

Her words were sincere, and her loneliness was palpable. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been at odds with me one moment and seeking friendship the next.

"I don't have many friends. Mr. Clark forbids it, but I can tell he treats you differently, so... if I become friends with you, he might not mind," Shirley approached me with a hopeful look.

I didn't respond.

"Felicia, I really mean no harm. I just want to be friends. Plus, Nancy adores you; she's mentioned you a few times," Shirley brought up her daughter, trying to appeal to me.

"I get it. You might not think highly of someone like me. Then, consider it for Nancy's sake, please?" Shirley's earlier arrogance had vanished, replaced by a hint of desperation, almost as if she were begging.

"I'm too busy for friends," I still refused.

It wasn't about being cold-hearted, but getting entangled with Mr. Clark's affairs, his woman no less, spelled nothing but trouble for me. The last thing I wanted was to wade into those murky waters.

The light in Shirley's eyes extinguished like a candle in the wind, and she lowered her head with a self-mocking laugh, "I know, I'm not worth your time."

She tried to guilt me into relenting, but she didn't understand me. Such tactics only pushed me further away.

I walked off, feeling her gaze on my back even from a distance.

When Jacqueline called me in the evening, "Felicia, did you know Rad's back?"

Thinking of the figure in the car last night, I replied truthfully, "Yes."

"Has he looked for you?" she pressed.

Last night didn't really count, did it?

"No," I denied, "Jacqueline, is something wrong?"

She huffed, "I haven't even seen him, what could possibly be wrong?"