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."

took a liking to

shouldn't mess

didn't quite catch his drift at

left me speechless, so we continued

the atmosphere all wrong. Feeling tense, my driving became jittery, and just my luck, some idiot ahead slammed on

quickly, grabbed the steering wheel and jerked it, angling the car at 45 degrees to avoid

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

is one thing, but getting hurt is another," Ernest chided, then straightened the car once

for three years,

for a while, I

Zurdriving skills are incredib

a driver in the

at him curiously, "Then what?"

I'd seen enough TV to know Special Forces meant being at the forefront of action, which was undeniably

had that cool

radiated a tough resilience that was truly

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

didn't answer right away, which made me