No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 105



With a snarl that seemed like he was ready to devour me whole, his tone was aggressive, almost threatening. But fear didn't grip me. In fact, I had been wanting to confront him myself, so I directly let go of Ernest's grip.

However, in the next moment, Ernest tightened his hold on my hand instead.

Turning to him, our eyes met, and the glimmer within his gaze felt eerily familiar.

Right, it was the same protective spark I'd noticed back when we were at Galaxy Harbor, after Fat Jean had tripped me, sending me sprawling to the ground. Ernest had looked at me with the same fiery determination then.

It was a look that meant to guard me.

Yet, at this moment, I didn't need his protection. Gently extracting my hand from his, I said, "Mr. Wagner can't intimidate me.'

Ernest didn't try to stop me again. Conrad, visibly seething, stormed off. Ivan hurried after us but only made it a few steps before Conrad turned and barked at him, "This doesn't concern you."

Ivan immediately froze, throwing me a cautious

on, and unsure of his destination, I called out to him, "Mr. Wagner, if you have

is, spill it here. I've got other things to attend to, and you're eating

me into a whirl. Before I knew

you've really got some nerve,

painful.

ten years, I'd always

an unexpected surge of defiance, "I'm simply not interested in

intensively,

"No," I said frankly.

Conrad scoffed, disbelief evident in his voice. "You defend him, hold

"If holding

in shock, "You kissed him? Did you

was clear he meant to suggest