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.

knowing he was probably here for me, I couldn't

he seemed to

seen this place before, and it was nothing

the room was gone, leaving just a sofa in an empty living room. It looked like the place had been cleared out, hardly

the stuff?" I

me, "Did you

questions, my

scrutiny, he pointed towards a room not far,

a sofa for

space would at least have a TV stand or a small table for a coffee cup or

disliked clutter,

their room

be way my parents'

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Harbor?

didn't voice this thought, I couldn't help but

"Rent's cheaper

the rent was

why specifically

across

Overom me?" I recalled

l

a phone conversation in

Ernest's room.