No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 272



Feeling like I was on fire, a fever seemed to envelop me, recalling the last time I flirted with him. That moment flashed before my eyes again as I gazed at the face before me, so full of a certain restraint, and I remembered what Fanny Willis had once said.

"Ernest, have you been with other women?" Despite him claiming he'd never even had a girlfriend, I felt compelled to ask again.

His eyes deepened. "...No."

Those words sent a shiver down my spine. "Do you want to?"

His jaw clenched, and suddenly, it felt like the world around me faded away, overtaken by the intense feeling of his lips against mine.

As Ernest breathed heavily, I knew the answer.

But he didn't continue. Instead, he rested his forehead against mine. "How long do you intend to test me, or is it your intention to torment me?"

Seeing his restraint, the evident desire yet fierce self-control, I touched his face. "Do you really want this? Is your desire purely for me?"

Asking this, I was reminded of how Conrad's casual disinterest had once hurt me, deeply.

"Yes," he gasped, "Only you."

Hearing that, I closed my eyes, feeling something inside me settle.

"Jo..."

my kiss,

asked, restrained,

for what?" My

the day I

"If you're not

whispered, kissing the tip of my nose, "I will never

made a promise, but I no longer believed in

too, but

world where divorces outnumber marriages daily,

my connection with Ernest began with a spark and

happen naturally. If not, there's no

greatest pain comes from expecting too much and

take their course

you," I found myself

"Ernest, if you're having second thoughts, it's

thoughts. If

it's on me,"

"It's my fault for

heart ached at his

BUMS

Ernest, always knew how to touch

go of Conrad, I thought part of the reason

the kiss, pulling