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."

can help you with that," Ernest

why bother wishing? I could

great opportunity,"

believing in that stuff a

my parents passed, I stopped believing in any

this time, but a gentle rub, "From now

my knight in shining armor. But he

brightened once more, illuminating the night sky. The lights here were ever-changing,

the amusement park's lighting was a third of its total

the Ocean design is one of my favorite lighting designs,"

even better to come," Ernest said

the other, and I was completely immersed, forgetting even Conrad, who was in the

a particularly beautiful display drew my attention, and I turned to share it with

eerily calm, almost lifeless, as if

that moment,

it impossible to see him

tighter, his voice

I returned to the

phone, tapped a few times, and all the

had playfully covered my eyes before, plunging

clung to Ernest, but before I could speak, the world