No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 123



The moment the words left my mouth, I was engulfed in a wave of awkwardness.

I couldn't help but berate myself for being too blunt, thinking surely Ernest would feel just as embarrassed.

But instead of stepping back, he took nearly half a minute before responding with a simple, "Oh."

Oh?! That's it?

His calmness caught me off guard.

When I looked up at him, he finally straightened up, leisurely saying, "You've got poor eyesight. You said you couldn't find it, how am I supposed to help if I'm not close?"

His logic seemed sound, making me feel like I had overthought the situation, letting my mind wander where it shouldn't.

Ernest casually moved to sit down, picking up his tablet to work on something. I sneaked a few glances at him before grabbing a cup of coffee to sip and refocus on my tasks.

few minor issues in the document Ernest had marked, but nothing

me to confirm, instead of having me

engrossed in his work, not even glancing my way, making me feel like I was being paranoid. Still, I finished addressing the marked issues and turned to him, only to freeze. Ernest had fallen asleep on the hotel's lounge chair, tablet

was the type who never got tired, but I guess I

deity, even the gods in the series I've been watching do take their

him silently, noticing

looked asleep,

overhead light, making him

Covel

any special effects-enhanced

protagonist.

Ernest had to be even more exhausted. Working with him these past days even though he'd ask

to have fallen

curtains flutter, and I felt a

short sleeves, I quietly got up, fetched a blanket, and draped

my movement was

his instincts were just

as