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.

him, "So you mean, stay over just

coughed lightly, "Something like

questions were

were all

you give

I was speechless.

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

the door, right?" Ernest

faintly, replying,

After he

in the

his things, I

zi xom, my breathing

asking myself, was I to give

took the initiative, but

echoed

thought of them, they stung

even remotely attractive, incapable of arousing even a hint of

I changed into

was determined to drive

already arrived, also changed into his

was sure Ernest,

to walk over confidently, but my legs were

his Adam's apple moving, and without saying a word, he scooped

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