No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 231



"Huh?" Ernest looked puzzled, a faint hint of confusion in his eyes.

I took a step closer to him, really close, close enough to catch the scent of soap on his skin after a shower.

It smelled nice.

I remembered back when my parents were around, we always used bars of soap for washing hands and baths. Nowadays, everyone's switched to hand sanitizers or shower gels. It's rare to find soap bars, let alone enjoy their fragrance.

"Are you hiding something big?" I prodded him.

Ernest furrowed his brows and glanced down at himself, "How much did you drink? Your eyesight's failing you?"

I had one drink, not much, but he noticed.

His comment made me laugh, and I playfully tugged at his shirt, "Ernest, don't play dumb with me. Are you secretly rich? Like, a major behind-the- scenes kind of rich?"

Ernest replied, "I have no idea what you're talking about."

He stepped back, trying to put some distance between us.

"Really clueless? Or just pretending, maybe putting on a show for me?" I stepped closer again, deliberately pestering him.

silent, just looking at me, and I looked back

there, under the dim light of the staircase, our

crossed my mind, then her illness, and the way Ernest was when I first met him.

to my room, but Ernest stopped me, "Did

"Nope, took

a bit more. "I value

a bit, then he reached out to

I blinked, "Ernest, I'm kinda jealous of Susie."

a smile, replying, "She must

gaze deepened,

leading me to

honey tea." Content belopment

me

his hand was warm and inviting, so I

Geez, I'm easily tempted.

and I noticed the cup

clearly a girl's

is this? I don't like using other people's stuff," I said, partly teasing, partly

words made my heart skip a beat, and my cheeks

sipped the tea, sweet

Felt like being pampered.

you're alone, it's not safe," Ernest

him. He