No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 239



The technicolor world vanished beneath his touch, and my world plunged into darkness. Yet, fear was the furthest thing from my mind.

He was there, beside me, his warmth more comforting than any light could ever be.

"Make a wish. From now on, with me by your side, all your wishes can come true," Ernest's voice, deep as a cello, danced softly around my ears.

The music inside the Ferris wheel pod was soothing, easing the tension from my heart bit by bit.

Make a wish?

What did I even wish for? Ever since my parents' accident, I couldn't really say I had any wishes left.

Being with Conrad was probably the closest thing to a wish, hoping for a forever that was more a silent yearning than an actual wish.

Now, I had to make a wish...

I searched my heart for what I truly desired, but came up empty.

Then, I thought of my parents, their untimely death, and I found my voice, "I wish... I wish to uncover the truth behind my parents' accident."

you with

laughed, then took his hand, "Then why bother wishing?

opportunity," Ernest teased, tapping

in that stuff a

my parents passed, I stopped

pat this time, but a gentle

to be my knight in shining armor. But he didn't understand that I prefer

once more, illuminating the night sky. The lights here were ever-changing, ensuring you'd never see the

amusement park's lighting was a third of its total budget,

Ocean design is one of my favorite lighting designs," I couldn't

even better to come,"

I was completely immersed, forgetting even Conrad, who was

only when a particularly beautiful display drew my attention, and I turned to

was eerily calm, almost lifeless, as if nothing

moment, my

it impossible to see him as a stranger, especially now,

sensed my distress, holding me tighter, his voice soothing, "There's a

I returned to the

took out his phone, tapped a few

he had playfully covered my eyes before, plunging me

I could speak, the world lit