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.

and felt a surge to tease him, "So you mean, stay over just to keep me company, and we'll sleep in

lightly, "Something

that?" My questions were getting more senseless by the

were all

give it

I was speechless.

trying to test him, to see if he harbored those kinds of

the door, right?" Ernest was really straightforward. Pretending to

smiled faintly, replying,

After he

in the

things,

zi xom, my breathing

myself, was I

the initiative, but I

echoed in

time I thought of them, they stung

was even remotely attractive, incapable of arousing even a hint

I changed into a

to drive a man

from the bathroom, Ernest had already arrived, also

met, and in that instant, I was sure Ernest, like

to walk over confidently, but my legs were so

Ernest came over, his Adam's apple moving, and without saying a word, he

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