No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 111



I obediently froze in place but ended up clutching Ernest even tighter.

Thump, thump...

The powerful heartbeat echoed in my ears, and that's when I realized I was laying against his chest.

At that moment, fear was the last thing on my mind.

And so, I held him tighter because it seemed like the only way to reassure myself that it wasn't me moving, but the elevator.

After a while, when the shaking stopped, I somehow forgot to let go until his voice broke the silence, "Got a new colleague, have we?"

I blinked, moving away to look down, and was genuinely taken aback.

Apart from being startled, a wave of irritation surged within me, and I impulsively pressed the button to descend the elevator.

greeted me with her

was far from pleasant as I bluntly asked her,

wasn't that I lacked manners, but her being pregnant and here just felt out of

checks pending. If anything were to happen, no one

was carrying an irreplaceable life

left me dumbfounded. "I'm

own ears.

needed my oversight."

lost his mind, assigning you to

My outburst drew everyone's

Haley wasn't alone; she had come with the project manager, along with

do you mean by that, Ms. Hudson?" Haley asked, her face

for a pregnant woman to be here," I said, pulling out my phone to

answering at the

the meaning of sending Haley here?" I asked straight

been fair in my dealings, with no hidden agendas