No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 243



Allen Clark might have been trying to flirt with me, and I could have easily ignored it, but I couldn't delay the meeting with Lord Clark.

His late-night message seemed off.

If I had responded then, he might have used it as an opportunity to make additional demands. Agreeing would have seemed wrong, and disagreeing might have led him to bring up the issue when we met his father.

The best option might have been to ignore him like I did the day before.

I brought myself back to the conversation with Fanny Willis. I hadn't really been listening, but then I heard her ask, "So, after you two defined the relationship, that was it? No next steps?"

"What next steps?" I was still a bit distracted by Allen's message.

"What do you think is the next step in a romantic relationship? Obviously, that," Fanny said with a mischievous tone.

I immediately understood. "What do you mean by 'that'? Ernest is a gentleman, okay?"

"Does being a gentleman mean he doesn't have desires? Doesn't contribute to human reproduction?" Fanny hit me with these questions and then hummed, "Conrad Wagner is quite the gentleman too."

I fell silent. Fanny seemed to sense something and explained, "I don't mean anything by it; I'm just saying that love produces dopamine in men and women, leading to increased adrenaline and stirring desires."

If he doesn't, or if he can restrain himself, it's likely because he doesn't love you as much," Fanny analyzed the situation with

fiancés,

never had

me, a modern-day paragon of virtue, and even if I had doubts, it was only about

I realized it wasn't about respect; Conrad just

and Conrad also mentioned once he wasn't interested in me because we were too

does Ernest not show that kind of interest, or does he cling to

at the door, wrapped in Ernest's arms, neither of

course he does, but it's all

his bones, he'd want to melt into you, become

words left me

of water. "Really? guess don't really understand these things.

the teasing in my voice, "I'm looking out

you to miss out

a principled, tough man,

you

can take some initiative."

"Cough..."

made me choke. She was encouraging me to be more aggressive,

a pure and genuine love, why does it have to be about

is hard to come by; if you don't make a move, someone else will." Listening to Fanny, I realized how much she 'cared' about my love