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."

help you with that," Ernest

hand, "Then why bother wishing? I could just ask

opportunity," Ernest teased, tapping my

stopped believing in that stuff a long time

my parents passed, I stopped believing in any

in a pat this time,

But he didn't understand

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

third of its

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

to come," Ernest

immersed, forgetting even Conrad, who was in

drew my attention, and I turned to share it with

eerily calm, almost lifeless, as if nothing at all could

moment, my heart

a decade, making it impossible to see him as a stranger, especially

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

I returned to

phone, tapped a few times, and

from when he had playfully covered my eyes before, plunging

I could speak, the world