No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 144



He'd been seeking me out more than a few times, but this time, he actually showed up at my doorstep. "What's it this time?"

"I agreed," he said, those few words throwing me off a bit.

Agreed to what?

"Agreed to date you, be your temporary boyfriend," Ernest clarified.

Remembering how he had turned me down before, I was taken aback. "What made you change your mind?"

"If I didn't, you'd just go on these crazy blind dates, and do you really want to be followed home again like today?" Ernest's tone started with resignation but ended sharply.

In the dim light, seeing his unwilling yet compelled expression, I couldn't help but find it amusing. "Doesn't this go against your wishes? Won't you be unhappy?"

Ernest seemed to catch the teasing in my voice and took a step closer, prompting me instinctively to step back until the railing stopped me. I had nowhere to go.

His arm reached out, trapping me against the railing, and in an instant, my breathing quickened. "Ernest..."

"Going on blind dates, are you really that naive?" His voice was close to my ear.

my ear and sent a shiver

yet filled

move or

into silence again, but this time it was different. I was pressed against his chest, clearly hearing

he finally withdrew his arm. "Coming home alone

obediently responded

to me. "Thank

today, and thank you for agreeing to be my boyfriend, helping me deal with

was thinking, so I gestured

step, I heard him say, "That guy has already tracked

if that guy

leave tonight," Ernest suddenly said, then reached out

what?" I was completely

Ernest: "Keys."

"You want

to sleep at your

He added, "It's not like we

room before, and

him the keys, and we went upstairs together, entering the

behind us, he said, "I'll sleep on

at the decade-old couch, barely a meter and a half long. How could