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.

sent a shiver

were scolding, yet filled with an endless

didn't move

time it was different. I was pressed against his chest, clearly

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

I obediently responded

occurred to

and thank you for agreeing to

respond, and unsure of what he was thinking, so I gestured upstairs. "I'm going

heard him say, "That guy has already tracked here, who knows if he'll come

if

said, then reached

I

Ernest: "Keys."

eyes widened. "You want to stay at

else? You want me to sleep at your

couldn't argue with that. He added, "It's not like

shared a room before, and it was

we went upstairs together, entering the

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

a half long. How could Ernest, with