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

scolding, yet filled with an endless

didn't move or

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

while, he finally withdrew his arm. "Coming home alone this

I obediently responded this

occurred to

for showing up to save me today, and thank you for agreeing to be my boyfriend, helping me deal with the Wagner

unsure of what he was thinking, so I

took a step, I heard him say, "That guy has already tracked here, who knows if he'll

if

suddenly said, then reached out his hand to

I was completely

Ernest: "Keys."

eyes widened. "You want to

else? You want me to sleep at

that. He added, "It's not like we haven't shared a

we had shared a room before, and

and we went upstairs together, entering

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

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