No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 196



After finishing my last sip of oatmeal, the question that had been lingering in my mind since yesterday finally surfaced. "Those guys didn't bother you again, did they?" As I asked, my eyes instinctively scanned his hands and face for any signs of injury. Thankfully, there were none.

"No," Ernest seemed to catch the drift of my concern, "Even if they did, they're no match for me."

Such confidence!

I then probed him about something more serious, "Have you found anything about your dad's car accident? Who's trying to intimidate you by pinning it on someone?"

Ernest looked at me, "They're afraid I'll dig up something about my father's boss' death."

Ernest was being cryptic, only revealing bits and pieces, so I had to press on, "Was your dad's boss some big shot? Does his death affect anyone's interests?"

"People die, and after over a decade, those interests don't matter anymore. They're afraid of the kid my dad's boss left behind holding a grudge," Ernest's words unexpectedly tightened my throat.

"Your dad's boss had a child? Have you met them? Do they know you're investigating?" I bombarded him with questions.

Ernest averted his gaze, "She doesn't know yet."

say next, but after a moment, I asked, "Are you going

course," Ernest didn't

Those guys from yesterday clearly have powerful backing," I

in Ernest's eyes as he met my gaze, "What, worried about

your father or his boss, they're gone. Uncovering the truth

deepened. "Is

past," I echoed the advice my dad used to give my mom, something I've always

else to

it inappropriate to just leave, I watched Ernest finish off the meal throwing him a compliment to lighten the mood, "Did you pick up your cooking skills

he wasn't. He had told me he was

frail since she was a kid, a picky eater. That's how I learned," Ernest's revelation caught me

"You have a sister?"

he clarified, as

lips,

paused in his eating, glancing at me briefly,

she in

silent, his grip on his fork tightening, "...She's

on a landmine, unsure of