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.

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

coughed lightly,

were

they were all substantial

give

I was speechless.

been trying to test him, to see if he harbored those kinds of thoughts about me,

go back to my room to get my toiletries; you won't lock the door, right?" Ernest was really straightforward. Pretending to be

smiled faintly,

After he

in the

things, I

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I

took the initiative, but I wasn't

Wagner's words echoed in

I thought of them, they stung like

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

I changed into a black,

to drive a man

Ernest had already

instant, I was sure

wanted to walk over confidently, but my legs

his Adam's apple moving, and without saying a

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