No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 162



"I figured you'd come looking if you got worried. I left it for you," Ernest replied with an ease that seemed second nature to him.

But in a moment of brain fog, I blurted out, "So, stepping out looking like that was on purpose?"

Ernest's Adam's apple bobbed, "No, I heard my phone ringing and thought to answer it. Didn't expect... well, this."

Yeah, just this kind of coincidence.

Lucky for me, he was in great shape. Eye candy, for sure.

On the way to the Wagners', Ernest kept quiet. Thinking he was nervous, I said, "At the Wagners', just a hello will do. Leave the talking to me."

Ernest just nodded, "Mm."

"If Conrad's there and starts any trouble or makes things difficult, don't hold back," I instructed.

Ernest affirmed, "Alright."

say we met at Galaxy Harbor. You... took a liking to me and followed me there," I said,

shouldn't mess

didn't quite catch his drift at first, but then it

speechless, so we

made the atmosphere all wrong. Feeling tense, my driving became jittery, and just my luck, some idiot ahead slammed on the brakes, nearly causing me to rear-end

grabbed the steering wheel and jerked it, angling the car at

to snap out of my daze.

eyes on the road. Crashing is one thing, but getting hurt is another," Ernest chided,

been driving for three years,

driving in silence for a while, I finally composed

Zurdriving skills are incredib

a driver in the

at him curiously, "Then what?"

specifics, but I'd seen enough TV to know Special Forces meant

had that

radiated a tough resilience

service? Why not become a SWAT officer?"

which made me