No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 41



I never imagined that a man I'd only met twice would want to marry me. And the man I'd been in love with for a decade was keeping a mistress behind my back.

After the initial shock, I couldn't help but smirk. "Mr. Collins, don't you think this is too fast?"

Ernest's expression remained unchanged, and his face serious. "Isn't the point of dating to get married? Since you're not interested in dating, let's get married."

His logic seemed flawless. But the person saying it... Wasn't it odd to propose marriage to someone you barely knew? This plot twist might be popular in novels, but that was fiction.

My eyebrows arched a hint of sarcasm on my lips. "Do you always get straight to the point with your dates, Mr. Collins?"

The setting sun bathed us in its glow. Ernest's shadow enveloped me. "You're the first."

I felt a tickle in my throat. "We... don't know each other."

feel the heat rising in my body, even breaking out in a

fiddled with the wall behind me, contemplating what to say next, Ernest said, "I'm going to

don't like onions," I blurted out, unsure why

watching his retreating figure, tall and upright, there was a sense of security in his presence, especially

bad. Plus, he was a military man, vetted by the country, likely able to withstand

wasn't around, or she would have bombarded me with questions or raved about how good Ernest was. When pushing open my room's door, my phone buzzed with a call

your first day of the trip? Any joys or discoveries?" Fanny sounded exhausted. Her job

on my bed, reflecting on the day, I told Fanny, "Does

That's exciting!" Fanny's voice perked up

Fanny sighed, "Felicia, God is fair. He might close a door on you but then open a

it's a skylight? Besides, I'm not in the mood for this,"

man who wants to marry you right away only means one

maybe he's just

confident in my looks, having won a beauty