No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 176



"Uh?" I hadn't really thought about it.

Probably not, considering I've only kissed a few people in my life. Even with Conrad, whom I've had the biggest crush on for ages, I only stole kisses when he was sick and weak or passed out from a few too many beers. But those were just pecks on the cheek or the back of his hand.

But just now, with Ernest, it was a real, full-on lip lock, something even Conrad and I rarely shared.

When Conrad kissed me, it was always just a peck on the cheek or forehead, never anything more.

He once said, "Felicia, we're too close, I just can't make that move."

At the end of the day, it's probably because he's not in love. They say that when a man and woman kiss, the dopamine that gets released is uncontrollable.

So if you can control it, it means there's no love.

"I'm not into 'what ifs'," I told Ernest.

Ernest swallowed hard. "But I want to know."

His gaze was intense and unwavering, almost suffocating.

found it hard to breathe, then let out a mocking laugh, "What, is this

one-word answer made my smile freeze on

I said something so cringe-worthy, "Then let

do you plan to do that?"

one speaking, somehow, he seemed to be leading

kind of "making

had, to make it clear, "Ernest, we agreed it was just

day?" Ernest's

carefree, "I'd rather not, but if you can't handle it, I don't have a

say anything, his whole demeanor was icy,

him, know you're a good guy, and it's true that by asking you to play this role, to

that, I pushed him away and got

there, unmoved. I rolled down the window,

a smile,

with el

down the road, I glanced in the rearview

alone, as

whole world.

to .Org

that moment, I felt

apartment across from mine,