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."

had soup last night, but with all the overthinking, I was

Ernest, and he'd whip up

was

dramatic, perhaps, but

years, experiencing what happened last night for the first time, even though nothing really happened, felt worse than if

I thought about it, the more awkward

step, waking up the next morning

really losing my

from the keyboard when Fanny's video call came

night was a bust,

it wasn't for you, would I be starving this early in

in her

up, "Spill the beans. What happened last

"Dr. Willis, have you

me, but don't insult my sacred profession," Fanny jabbed at

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

yawned, "Sure, bring me a tofu scramble and some

call and sighed as I went to

the restless night, looked surprisingly fresh, cheeks flushed and

look like a raccoon with

this be the

then tiptoed out the door, hoping not to

Success!

and headed downstairs, relieved, and

voice cut through the morning fog,