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.

Haley greeted me with her signature, insincere smile,

from pleasant as I bluntly asked her,

lacked manners, but her being

yet, with many safety checks pending. If anything were to happen, no one

was carrying an

me

doubted my own ears.

needed my oversight."

"Has Conrad lost his mind, assigning you to

My outburst drew everyone's

come with the project manager,

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

a pregnant woman to be here," I said,

call, only answering

the meaning of sending Haley here?"

with no hidden agendas and