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."

a liking to

shouldn't mess that

didn't quite catch his drift at first,

so we continued in

and just my luck, some idiot

wheel and jerked it, angling the car at 45 degrees

took me a moment to snap out of my daze. His quick thinking and action felt

is

been driving for three years, yet I felt utterly amateurish

in silence for a while, I finally

Zurdriving skills are incredib

you a driver in the

him

familiar with the specifics, but I'd seen enough TV to know Special Forces meant being at the forefront

that cool

resilience that was

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

away, which made me think of something Deborah