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 signature,

mood was far from pleasant as I bluntly asked her, "What are

but her being pregnant and here just felt out of

even open to the public yet, with many safety checks pending. If anything were to happen, no one

was carrying

her response left me dumbfounded. "I'm here

ears.

sent me over. He said the safety inspections here needed my oversight."

blurted out, "Has Conrad lost his mind, assigning you

My outburst drew everyone's

the project

Hudson?" Haley asked, her

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

seemed to be avoiding the call, only answering at the last second,

of sending Haley here?" I

fair in my dealings, with no hidden agendas and nothing I'm afraid