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."

get our story straight. Let's say we met at Galaxy Harbor. You... took a

"I shouldn't

at first, but then it dawned on

me speechless, so we continued

silence made the atmosphere all wrong. Feeling tense, my driving became jittery, and just my luck, some

the steering wheel and jerked it, angling the car

to snap out of my daze. His quick thinking and action felt almost

is another," Ernest chided, then straightened the

driving for three years,

while, I finally

Zurdriving skills are incredib

a driver

I glanced at him curiously,

I'd seen enough TV to know Special Forces meant being at

had that

radiated a tough resilience

the service? Why not become a SWAT officer?" My curiosity about him was peaking

right away, which made me think

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