No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 247



"Goodnight, my dear girlfriend!"

It was half an hour later when I got a message from Ernest.

I had no idea what I'd been doing for that half hour. Was I taking a cold shower like they do in the novels?

Thinking back to that abrupt stop earlier, I was too embarrassed to reply to him.

I didn't sleep well that night, probably because I didn't take that cold shower. It felt like something was crawling under my skin.

The door to desire, an insatiable chasm, I'd learned that lesson firsthand.

Restless and uneasy, I woke up early.

But no matter how early I was, Ernest was already out for his morning run.

The man's energy and stamina were truly admirable.

And in that department, I bet he was just as vigorous!

I felt like I was under a spell, my thoughts constantly drifting to...that.

And it was all Fanny's fault. Why did she give me such rotten advice last night?

Without caring what time it was, I texted her: "Hungry? Get up and join me for breakfast."

soup last night, but with all the

and he'd whip up breakfast,

it was

dramatic, perhaps, but

happened last night for the first time, even though nothing really happened, felt worse

about it, the more

after taking that final step, waking up

really losing my

hadn't even lifted my fingers from the keyboard when Fanny's video

night was a bust, huh?" she teased right

for you, would I be starving this early in the morning?" I

her lab

chair, perked up, "Spill the beans. What happened last night? I need a good story

eyes, "Dr. Willis, have

insult my sacred profession," Fanny jabbed

you," I got up, "You're at the hospital, right? I'll come

a tofu scramble and

and sighed

the restless night, looked surprisingly fresh, cheeks flushed and eyes

thought I'd look like

be the

tiptoed out

Success!

relieved, and began

when Ernest's voice cut through the morning fog, "Where are you off