No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 149



The line went dead, leaving me hanging in a silence that spoke volumes.

Though the door in front of me remained closed, my gut had already pieced the puzzle together.

A moment later, the door swung open, revealing Ernest clad in a grey loungewear, a casual contrast to the tension of the moment.

Turns out, my new neighbor was none other than him.

Turns out, he hadn't been absent these past few days; he had moved in right across from me.

Turns out, he wasn't working late hours but had come early to stay close and watch over me-though from across the hallway, he never breathed a word.

And, he must have hatched the plan to rent the place across mine while fixing my sink!

Seeing him, everything clicked into place.

"Come in," Ernest invited, his demeanor cool, utterly unfazed by my discovery.

In reality, his moving in was nothing wrong, and my shock was perhaps an overreaction, but I couldn't bring myself to simply greet him with a calm hello.

I stood rooted at the doorway, staring him down, "Mr. Collins, don't you think you owe me an explanation?"

"Come inside, and I'll explain," Ernest shifted aside, making room.

With gritted teeth, I stepped in.

here for me,

that he seemed to

paused, taking in the changed interior. I had seen this place before, and it was nothing like what it

sofa in an empty living room.

all the stuff?" I couldn't

"Did you come

questions, my frustration

scrutiny, he pointed towards a room not

sofa for

would at least have a TV stand or

clutter, why

their room at

be way my parents'

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Harbor?

couldn't help but probe, "Why

"Rent's cheaper

the rent

why specifically choose

across

Overom me?" I recalled

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a phone conversation in

Ernest's room.