Chapter 271



I was rooted to the spot.

I hadn't expected Ernest to be so forthright.

And once again, I was convinced that Ernest wasn't just tough, he was straightforward too.

As my heartbeat sped up, my brain couldn't keep up with my mouth, and I blurted out, "Why won't you leave?"

Ernest's Adam's apple bobbed as he said, "I don't want to be apart from you."

His reason was flawless.

People in love are all clingy, wishing they could be together 24/7, like conjoined twins.

"I'm not the kind of person you think I am," I found myself saying.

Ernest's expression stiffened, then his ears quickly turned red.

This tendency of his ears to blush so easily seemed at odds with his straightforwardness.

But that was just him.

"I didn't mean it like that, I just... just want to... stay and keep you company," Ernest explained.

"So you mean, stay over just to keep me company, and we'll sleep in the same bed, but just talk under

lightly,

My questions were getting more

they were all

"Why don't you give it

I was speechless.

had been trying to test him, to see if he harbored

right?" Ernest was really

smiled faintly,

After he

in the

his things,

zi xom, my breathing

I to

took the initiative,

echoed in

of them, they stung like a needle, making me

whether I was even remotely attractive, incapable of arousing even a hint of

changed into

was determined to drive a

Ernest had already arrived, also

that instant, I was sure Ernest, like

walk over confidently, but my

over, his Adam's apple moving, and without saying a

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