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.

and sent a shiver right through

were scolding, yet filled with

didn't move or

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

he finally withdrew his arm. "Coming home

obediently responded this

to me.

agreeing to

was thinking, so

took a step, I heard him say, "That guy

if that

said, then reached out his

what?" I was completely

Ernest: "Keys."

"You want to

want me to sleep at your

argue with that. He added, "It's

had shared a room before, and

handed him the keys, and we went upstairs

the door closed behind us, he said, "I'll sleep on the

at the decade-old couch, barely a meter and a